Note 1 — XXVI HOPI ANNALS

This facies has been recognized by the laity, and the folklore of Europe abounds in sayings about the facial expression of the consumptive. Writers of fiction and painters have also considered it “interesting,” and make great use of it in their productions. Many of the classical and modern painters have depicted this cast of countenance, showing the false euphoria of the smiling, tranquilly bright, yet melancholy eyes of the consumptive, which are perhaps best seen in Leonardo da Vinci’s La Gioconda—a picture of a phthisical face superior to any description that can be given of it.

—Fishberg: Pulmonary Tuberculosis ↑