Nosebleed in art since the ancient greeks / Sangramento nasal na arte dos antigos gregos

In 137 objects of art (mainly paintings and drawings, a few sculptures, one mosaic) dating from the preclassic period in ancient Greece to our days, nosebleeding due to different reasons could be detected in museums, churches, galleries and art-books. Children and adults were bleeding from their noses baecause of mechanical injury, infections diseases, hemorragic diathesis, drugs. Some artists depicted nosebleeding in a very realistic manner, other represented this symptom in an exaggerated or caricaturistic way. From a total of 137 examples of nosebleeding 53 are presented, including 18 with figures

Historical notes on rhinosurgery in children

The outcome of septorhinoplasties in children is not only a question of adequate techniques to handle the healthy and damaged nasal structures. The short review of the history of septorhinoplasty shows that, at present, we have no adequate solutions to influence the growing nasal cartilages in a satisfactory way by any type of technique or special approach