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Endometriosis: ancient disease, ancient treatments
Fertility and Sterility, 2012Ever since Vincent Knapp published his 1999 article “How old is Endometriosis?” [1], there seems to have been renewed interest in identifying just when endometriosis was discovered as a distinct disease entity.
Camran, Nezhat +2 more
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Periodontal disease in ancient populations
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 1986AbstractRecent clinical and anthropological findings indicate that the conventional concept of the pathogenesis of periodontal disease requires review. The periodontal lesion has been defined as a generalised horizontal loss of crestal bone resulting from host immune and inflammatory responses triggered by the action of commensal bacteria, and the ...
N G, Clarke +4 more
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Records of Diseases in Ancient China
The American Journal of Chinese Medicine, 1976No abstract recieved.
L, Gwei-Djen, J, Needham
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Infectious Diseases in Ancient Populations
Current Anthropology, 1971INFECTIOUS DISEASES RESULT from the interplay of three main factors: the host, the parasite, and the environment. The matter is highly complex, since each of these factors can vary in many ways and many differing diseases can result. In this review, attention will be concentrated on two of these factors: the prehuman and human hosts and their ...
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Babesiosis: Recent insights into an ancient disease
International Journal for Parasitology, 2008Ever since the discovery of parasitic inclusions in erythrocytes of cattle in Romania by Victor Babes at the end of the 19th century, newly recognised babesial pathogens continue to emerge around the world and the substantial public health impact of babesiosis on livestock and man is ongoing. Babesia are transmitted by ixodid ticks and infection of the
K-P, Hunfeld, A, Hildebrandt, J S, Gray
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Ancient plant diseases in Roman Age
Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica, 2008A historical approach to plant pathology has been provided on the basis of textual evidence. Roman writers on agriculture, i. e. Cato, Varro, Virgil, Pliny the Elder and Columella, have been revised, with the aim of identifying some of the plant diseases spread in the Roman Age.
M. Iriti, F. Faoro
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Chemical & Engineering News Archive, 2013
In 1994, construction workers in Athens came across a mass grave containing around 150 people lying haphazardly on top of each other as if they had been buried in haste. By dating pieces of pottery found alongside the human remains, archaeologists pinpointed the deaths to approximately 430 B.C., suggesting that the people buried in the grave were ...
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In 1994, construction workers in Athens came across a mass grave containing around 150 people lying haphazardly on top of each other as if they had been buried in haste. By dating pieces of pottery found alongside the human remains, archaeologists pinpointed the deaths to approximately 430 B.C., suggesting that the people buried in the grave were ...
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Ancient Disease in the Midwest
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1979Medicine and archaeology, two fascinating professions, make almost a natural combination. When remains of our early forebears are unearthed, medical knowledge and diagnostic skills often are the only means of filling in the picture of how these ancient peoples lived and died.
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Injuries and Diseases of the Spine in the Ancient Times
Spine, 2003Spinal injuries and diseases have been diagnosed and treated since antiquity. We attempt to record any available information in this area, starting from the prehistoric period and going up to Roman times. Thus, the main focus is on Hippocrates and Galen, who as the most eminent physicians of the ancient world, are presented through their work on spinal
Konstantin C, Xarchas, J, Bourandas
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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1985
Human paleobiology is the study of ancient or prehistoric man and his diseases. It is an area in which the disciplines of archeology, anthropology, pathology, clinical medicine, and history overlap, and, although concerned with the long buried past, it is still in its infancy. In 1979, an international symposium was held under the auspices of the Royal
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Human paleobiology is the study of ancient or prehistoric man and his diseases. It is an area in which the disciplines of archeology, anthropology, pathology, clinical medicine, and history overlap, and, although concerned with the long buried past, it is still in its infancy. In 1979, an international symposium was held under the auspices of the Royal
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