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Human tuberculosis - an ancient disease, as elucidated by ancient microbial biomolecules [PDF]
, 2009 Tuberculosis is a major cause of death but infected people with effective immunity may remain healthy for years, suggesting long-term coexistence of host and pathogen.
Donoghue, HD
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Life Across the River: Exploring the Impact of Urbanisation in 18th–19th Century Panevėžys
Archaeologia Lituana, 2020 Studies aimed at considering the impact of industrialisation, urbanisation and modernisation on human health in 19th-century society are becoming increasingly relevant.
Rūta Brindzaitė
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Revue Archéologique de l’Est, 2011 During geo-archaeological research on the slope where the source associated with the Essarois (Côte-d’Or) cult site is located, in the locality of La Cave, an anatomic votive offering of a human foot was discovered in the alluvial sedimentary deposits ...
Julien Curie +3 more
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Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris, 2022 Spondylolysis is a bony defect of the pars interarticularis mainly arising from repeated traumas. Other factors such as spina bifida occulta (SBO) are mentioned in clinical and palaeopathology but have been little studied.
Marie Devos +7 more
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Better a Broader Diagnosis Than a Misdiagnosis: The Study of a Neoplastic Condition in a Male Individual who Died in Early 20th Century (Coimbra, Portugal) [PDF]
, 2013 The paleopathological record of neoplastic conditions in the past is considered scarce. The detection of tumours in ancient populations is hindered by the quality and quantity of signs visible on the skeleton, the methodological approach, the ...
Cunha, Eugénia +2 more
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Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris, 2002 Since the beginning of the 20th century, research into parasitic diseases has been carried out in the European and American scientific community. The application of the diagnostic methods of current medical coprology to increasingly varied archaeological
Stéphanie Harter, Françoise Bouchet
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The antiquity of hydrocephalus: the first full palaeo-neuropathological description [PDF]
, 2018 The Pathology Museum of the University of Florence houses a rich collection of anatomical specimens and over a hundred waxworks portraying pathological conditions occurring in the nineteenth century, when the museum was established.
Galassi, F. M. +7 more
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Revista do Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia, 1999 This is a preliminary palaeopathology study of a sample of human skeletal remains from the first research field season at the Jaboticabeira II shellmound, in Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Camila Storto +2 more
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Evidencia paleoparasitológica de Ascaris lumbricoides en restos esqueletizados de época romana de Dianium (Alicante, España) [PDF]
Munibe Antropologia-Arkeologia, 2022 El hallazgo de parásitos procedentes de contextos arqueológicos nos permite conocer las condiciones socio-económicas y los hábitos alimentarios de las poblaciones pasadas, aportando una visión novedosa en el estudio de dichas sociedades.
Ramón López-Gijón +5 more
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Leprosy in skulls from the Paris Catacombs
Annals of Human Biology, 2020 Background: The Paris Catacombs contain the remains of approximately 6 million people dating back to the 15th century, when leprosy was endemic in France.
Patrícia D. Deps +3 more
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