TY - JOUR
T1 - Breast cancer between faith and medicine
T2 - The peres maldonado ex-voto
AU - Pon, Lisa
AU - Amatruda, James F.
PY - 2010/12
Y1 - 2010/12
N2 - An ex-voto (from the Latin for 'from the vow') is an image made to express the patron's gratitude for divine assistance in the face of personal difficulty. Here, we describe a late 18th century Mexican painting that shows Doña Josefa Peres Maldonado undergoing a mastectomy, and, as an ex-voto, expresses her thanks for divine aid in having survived the operation. As such, the painting manifests Doña Josefa's response to her disease, drawing on both medical and religious sources of support. This brief report analyses the unusual double dedication of the ex-voto, the elaborate home altar it depicts and the surgical technique it demonstrates.
AB - An ex-voto (from the Latin for 'from the vow') is an image made to express the patron's gratitude for divine assistance in the face of personal difficulty. Here, we describe a late 18th century Mexican painting that shows Doña Josefa Peres Maldonado undergoing a mastectomy, and, as an ex-voto, expresses her thanks for divine aid in having survived the operation. As such, the painting manifests Doña Josefa's response to her disease, drawing on both medical and religious sources of support. This brief report analyses the unusual double dedication of the ex-voto, the elaborate home altar it depicts and the surgical technique it demonstrates.
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U2 - 10.1136/jmh.2010.005587
DO - 10.1136/jmh.2010.005587
M3 - Article
C2 - 21393294
AN - SCOPUS:78650501989
SN - 1468-215X
VL - 36
SP - 112
EP - 114
JO - Medical Humanities
JF - Medical Humanities
IS - 2
ER -