Breast Cancer in Two Ex-Votos, A Millennia Apart: Patients' Hope and Faith Expressed Through the Centuries in Votive Offerings
A votive offering or ex-voto includes a variety of usually non-professional artworks offered to divinities and placed in religious sites to fulfill a vow or in gratitude for recovery from an illness or injury. Unfortunately, the ancient period lacks a scientifically verifiable understanding of the t...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
2023
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Journal of religion and health
Year: 2023, Volume: 62, Issue: 3, Pages: 1976-1984 |
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Art and medicine
B Medical Humanities B Social History B Cancer Care B Ancient Medicine |
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