According to the diagnosis, Lisa suffered from a hormonal disease.
The woman depicted in the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci smiles. This is no longer argued with. The representatives of the current generation of experts have got another riddle - to understand why a woman smiles so strangely.
Recently, the clue seems to have been found. It was suggested by Mandeep R. Mehra, director of the Heart & Vascular Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital and his colleague Hilary Campbell of the University of California Santa Barbara) The doctors made the diagnosis of Mona Lisa, as expected, after examining her, not herself, of course, but the one in the portrait.
Leonardo da Vinci transferred to the portrait all the symptoms of the disease that the posing woman suffered from.
Mehra and Campbell pointed out: the woman posing for the painter has a puffy face, swollen hands, a yellowish skin tone, thin hair on her head, and below her eyebrows - none at all. Dropped out. The thyroid gland is enlarged.
Diagnostics believe that such external manifestations indicate only one thing: Mona Lisa had hypothyroidism - a disease caused by a lack of thyroid hormone.
And a smile? Most likely, she is not mysterious, but silly. Which also corresponds to the diagnosis. People with hypothyroidism often show signs of mild mental distress.
Doctors admire the skill of Leonardo da Vinci, who painted the portrait in an incredibly realistic way - accurately replicating the symptoms of hormonal disease. Reproduced so that they were able to recognize after almost 500 years.
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Liza's thyroid gland was junk - it gave little hormone.
If the diagnosticians are right, then Liza had a rough voice, was sluggish and slow. She was often chilly and tired quickly. I suffered from constipation. In addition, she had a tendency to be overweight.
By the way, according to historical chronicles, in the 16th century, hypothyroidism was common among the Italian population - people did not have enough iodine.
VLADIMIR LAGOVSKY