Book Review : The past and present of leprosy: archaeological, historical, palaeopathological and clinical approaches. Proceedings of the International Congress on the Evolution and Palaeoepidemiology of the Infectious Diseases 3 (ICEPID), University of Bradford 26–31 July 1999 [PDF]
Med Hist, 2004 europepmc +2 more sources
The international ancient Egyptian mummy tissue bank
Journal of Biological Research, 2021 This paper will present an outline of the history and purpose of the setting up of the International Ancient Egyptian Mummy Tissue Bank at the University of Manchester.
Patricia I. Lambert-Zuzulak
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A tuberkulózis előfordulása egy XVIII. századi váci családban [PDF]
, 2017 Two individuals of the Nigrovits family from the Vác Mummy Collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum were the subjects of multidisciplinary, anthropological, paleopathological, radiological, paleomicrobiological and paleoproteomic studies.
K. Kovács, Balázs +5 more
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In defence of the osteoma: The relevance of benign tumours in bioarchaeology and palaeo‐oncology
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 30, Issue 2, Page 281-283, March/April 2020., 2020 Abstract Currently, research focus in palaeo‐oncology is dominated by malignant neoplasms, and this focus has led to an academic apathy towards benign tumours. The lack of interest in benign tumours is mainly due to the notion that they are commonplace occurrences with little clinical value.
Thomas Siek
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Crooked Timber: The life of Calvin Wells (1908-1978) [PDF]
, 2014 Calvin Wells was the leading palaeopathologist in the UK between the later 1950s and the early 1970s. He studied medicine at University College London but failed in anatomy and qualified in 1933 with the Conjoint Diploma (MRCS, LRCP). After qualification
Waldron, T
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Maladie hyperostosique et maladie goutteuse, une diathèse familiale en Normandie : Thaon, Calvados
Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris, 2007 The architectural analysis and the complete archaeological survey of the old Saint Pierre parish church in Thaon (Calvados, France), dated to between the 7th and the 18th centuries, are in progress.
Joël Blondiaux +4 more
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New skeletal tuberculosis cases in past populations from Western Hungary (Transdanubia) [PDF]
, 2011 The distribution, antiquity and epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) have previously been studied in osteoarchaeological material in the eastern part of Hungary, mainly on the Great Plain. The purpose of this study is to map the occurrence of skeletal TB in
Bernert, Z +9 more
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Toward using an oxidatively damaged plasmid as an intra- and inter-laboratory standard for ancient DNA studies [PDF]
, 2009 The following paper was originally presented by Dr Thomas H. Loy at the 6th International Conference on Ancient DNA and Associated Biomolecules held in Israel, July 2002.
Connell, J +3 more
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Tuberculosis in Britain: its history and palaeoepidemiology [PDF]
Antropologia Portuguesa, 2002 This paper considers the evidence for tuberculosis in skeletal samples from Britain dating from the Romano-British (c. 4 t h century AD) to the post-Medieval periods (after the 16 t h century AD). Distribution patterns for the evidence are considered followed by a consideration of the origin of tuberculosis in Britain and its palaeoepidemiology ...
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Examining Reactive Arthropathy in Military Skeletal Assemblages: A Pilot Study Using the Mass Grave Assemblage from the Battle of Towton (1461) [PDF]
, 2014 Military personnel are often subjected to physical exertion, sleep deprivation, deficient diets, overcrowding, and stress. All of these influences are capable of compromising the immune system’s ability to ward off disease-causing bacteria, thus ...
Banton, ME
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