The story behind the painting of breast cancer

"Bathed in the Bate of the Palestinian" Rembrandt creation in 1654 of a canvas paintings, this pair of paintings derived from a story in the Bible: King David in his palace one night Youguang the top floor, next to the palace to see a The buildings house an open window, showing a beautiful young woman in the shower - she is the king of his generals You Lie (URIAH) Bate's wife leaves Pakistan. David Xienian color center Dunqi, You Lie off by fighting outside the machine, will be called up Bate of the Pakistani court took the opportunity raped Bate of Pakistan and of their pregnancy. For the long-term possession of the Palestinian beautiful Bate, David in front of the command to the commander of the closure of the confidential documents to allow You Lie will be sent to the most intense fighting in front of the first line to be You Lie As for the death. The results, and soon You Lie really died in the front line, to achieve the objective of David, married a year later Bate of the Palestinian living side by side for the Queen. However, due to its Bi bad behavior contrary to God's will be their blood to pay for the cost of the curse. The results, he and Bate of the Palestinian children born not long on mortality, David was also the launching of punishment. It is the performance of this pair of paintings Bate of the Palestinian to accept servant in the bathroom at the foot bath to receive and read the hypocritical said David sent condolences to the letter, the kind of sadness, helplessness, blur the expression state of trance.

One day in 1967, a grid Rakow called the surgeon in Italy to watch this pair of works found that painting Bate of the Palestinian right and the left breast than the relatively more asymmetry, it appears that some swelling, skin Color also be changed, but the left armpit Department uplift package pieces! All of these signs seemed to imply that Bate of the left breast of the Palestinian problem - his mind a lightning-liang: breast cancer!

With the vision of modern medicine to look at their signs, can be said to have painted a model of breast cancer the most typical clinical manifestations. Early breast cancer the most common performance is a painless breast alone, the small mass and surrounding tissue boundaries unclear, in the breast was not easy to promote. With the increase of cancer, can cause partial breast uplift. If the ligament involved Cooper (within the breast tissue and skin and vertical fiber), so that it can shorten the surface of skin cancer causes depression, medicine called "Jiuwo levy." Areola or nipple near the lead to invasive cancer due to the side of cancer and then make a flat nipple, retraction and depression. If the cancer continues to increase, such as the skin lymphatic cancer cells were blocked from returning lymphatic obstacles, bleeding leather edema, skin, "orange peel-like" change. To the development of advanced breast cancer, can be penetrated the chest wall, which Aikuai fixed in the chest wall hard to promote. Such as cancer invaded large areas of skin, skin color can change, and a skin nodules, and sometimes also Pokui form of skin ulcers. Lymphatic metastasis of breast cancer more common in the first axillary, a major performance for the axillary lymph nodes can be mass. Breast cancer in the natural course of 2.5-3 years. According to Georgia Rakow above, painting models Zuoru local uplift, local skin "Jiuwo levy" and "orange peel-like" change, a mass left armpit, and history shows that the model in the treatment of chronic illnesses 2 Died around the year, these models are indications that the risk of breast cancer is a big possibility.

Rembrandt used his unique nature of the sharp eyes of the paintings depict precise figures, and has shown and human diseases, health-related topics as the future medical scientists, historians of the important reference and research clues