Open AccessTeringzooi – the ‘Bloody Mess’ exhibition - gives a striking history of infectious disease
Author(s) -
Paul Bijkerk
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.08.52.02613-en
Subject(s) - exhibition , bloody , infectious disease (medical specialty) , art history , visual arts , art , history , disease , medicine , literature , pathology
An exhibition at the Museum Boerhaave in Leiden – the Dutch National Museum of Science and Medicine - offers a graphic and informative history of infectious disease in Europe. The Dutch name of the exhibition, Teringzooi, can be translated into English as ‘bloody mess’