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Markham J. Geller and Strahil V. Panayotov, Mesopotamian Eye Disease Texts

open access: yesAestimatio, 2022
: In spite of an abundance of primary sources, the study of the history of medicine in ancient Near Eastern cultures has never gained as much attention as other genres and texts concerning those cultures. Thus, most of the material is published in copies
Franziska Desch
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Pellagra: an ancient disease in a modern world [PDF]

open access: yesNutrición Hospitalaria, 2021
Introduction: pellagra is a systemic disease due to deficiency of vitamin B3 or tryptophan, its precursor. Vitamin B3 is needed for several metabolic processes, cell signaling, and DNA repair. It is characterized by a classic tetrad of dermatitis, diarrhea, dementia, and death.
Diego, López, Gabriela, Otero
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Response to Brinkmann et al. “Re-assembly of 19th century smallpox vaccine genomes reveals the contemporaneous use of horsepox and horsepox-related viruses in the United States”

open access: yesGenome Biology, 2020
We thank Brinkmann and colleagues for their correspondence and their further investigation into these American Civil War Era vaccination strains. Here, we summarize the difficulties and caveats of work with ancient DNA.
Ana T. Duggan   +2 more
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" التأثيرُ السَّلبِيُّ للمعبوداتِ فى البرديات الطِبيَّة والسِّحرِيَّة – دراسة تحليلية –(1)". [PDF]

open access: yesمجلة الدراسات الإنسانية والأدبية, 2021
يُشارِکُ الأربابُ فى عمليَّةِ إلحَاقِ الأَذَى بالبشرِ فيما يَخُصُّ الحياةِ الدنيا، والإصابةِ بالأمراضِ المختلفةِ. تَتَنَاوَّلُ هذه الورقةُ البحثِيَّةُ الجانبَ الخاص بالتأثيرِ السَّلبيِّ للمعبوداتِ على الأفرادِ، في مجالاتِ الطِبِ والسِّحرِ والإصَابَة ...
د. حمادة محمد جلال على
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Human intestinal parasites in the past: new findings and a review

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2003
Almost all known human specific parasites have been found in ancient feces. A review of the paleoparasitological helminth and intestinal protozoa findings available in the literature is presented.
Marcelo Luiz Carvalho Gonçalves   +2 more
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History of dentistry in ancient Egypt

open access: yesAdvances in Medical, Pharmaceutical and Dental Research, 2022
Egyptian civilization is the oldest one allover the world. Dentistry was practiced among ancient Egyptians and it is documented by many ways such as The study of ancient remains, ancient teeth, Mummification and the translation of ancient papyri.This ...
Nadia Lotfy
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Paleoparasitological remains revealed by seven historic contexts from "Place d'Armes", Namur, Belgium

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2006
Human occupation for several centuries was recorded in the archaeological layers of "Place d'Armes", Namur, Belgium. Preventive archaeological excavations were carried out between 1996/1997 and seven historical strata were observed, from Gallo-Roman ...
Gino Chaves da Rocha   +6 more
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Lutz's spontaneous sedimentation technique and the paleoparasitological analysis of sambaqui (shell mound) sediments

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2013
Parasite findings in sambaquis (shell mounds) are scarce. Although the 121 shell mound samples were previously analysed in our laboratory, we only recently obtained the first positive results.
Morgana Camacho   +6 more
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Role of the Hair in Ancient Egypt [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Management, 2018
The main aim of this research is to study the role of the hair in Ancient Egypt, as the hair was generally a symbol of mourning. In this regard, the study is divided into two (6) major parts as follows: Introduction, The hair care in ancient Egypt, The ...
Mahmoud El-Mohamdy, Hoda Kandil
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Proteomic profiling of archaeological human bone [PDF]

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2017
Ancient protein analysis provides clues to human life and diseases from ancient times. Here, we performed shotgun proteomics of human archeological bones for the first time, using rib bones from the Hitotsubashi site (AD 1657–1683) in Tokyo, called Edo ...
Rikai Sawafuji   +7 more
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