Donatella Lippi, Francesco Maria Galassi, Valentina Vittori, Elena Varotto
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Introduction and aim of the study: This contribution explores the many pathologies that plague the existence of the renowned Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) and the impact they had on her character.
Methodology and results: Moving from a mere pathobiographical reassessment, this note, through historico-medical research, highlights the patient-physician relationship that the painter developed with Dr. Leo Eloesser (1881-1976) and underlines the role this form of friendship may play in patients' wellbeing.
Conclusion: The special friendship between the artist/patient, Frida Kahlo, and her physician, Dr. Eloesser, shows that medicine is not just the sum of diagnoses and therapies but a much more dynamic and complex process involving trust and humane qualities.
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The journal has been expanded to encompass all aspects of pediatric neurosciences concerning the developmental and acquired abnormalities of the nervous system and its coverings, functional disorders, epilepsy, spasticity, basic and clinical neuro-oncology, rehabilitation and trauma. Global pediatric neurosurgery is an additional field of interest that will be considered for publication in the journal.
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