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Training the "clinical eye". Rubens' Three Graces: how many pathologies? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Art can serve as a powerful resource for medical students to both train the so called “clinical eye” and to better understand disease [1]. Herein a paleopathological analysis is performed on one of Ruben’s final artworks, “The Three Graces” (1630 ...
Giuseppe Familiari   +3 more
core  

New partial skeleton of Homo habilis from the upper Burgi Member, Koobi Fora Formation, Ileret, Kenya

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, Volume 309, Issue 3, Page 485-545, March 2026.
Abstract KNM‐ER 64061 is a partial skeleton from the upper Burgi Member of the Koobi Fora Formation (2.02–2.06 Ma) associated taphonomically and geochemically with a nearly complete mandibular dentition (KNM‐ER 64060) attributed to Homo habilis.
Frederick E. Grine   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Morphological Characteristics of the Pre-Columbian Dentition I. Shovel-Shaped Incisors, Carabelli\u27s Cusp, and Protostylid [PDF]

open access: yes, 1976
This Peruvian-American cooperative study of paleopathology of the pre-Columbian Peruvian cultures of Southern Peru began in 1971. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the medical and dental health status of these cultures which date from 600 BC to ...
Allison, Marvin J.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

An Investigation of Hyperostosis Frontalis Interna in a Modern Anatomical Body Donor Population

open access: yesClinical Anatomy, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 211-233, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This research sought to examine the prevalence and severity of hyperostosis frontalis interna (HFI) in the Chicagoland anatomical body donor population. The study further aimed to elucidate potential demographic risk factors for HFI, including sex, age at death, and structural vulnerability index (SVI), as well as any common comorbidities, as ...
Amy C. Beresheim, Amanda Hall
wiley   +1 more source

Contribution of paleopathology to the knowledge of the origin and spread of tuberculosis: evidence from Portugal

open access: yesAntropologia Portuguesa, 2019
Paleopathology contributes to the knowledge of health and disease in past populations. In the case of tuberculosis, paleopathological research contributes to a better understanding of the antiquity and spread of the disease around the globe, as well as ...
Ana Luísa Santos, Vítor M. J. Matos
doaj   +1 more source

Dental Stigmata and Skeletal Lesions of Congenital Treponematosis in Early Agricultural Vietnam (4000–3500 bp)

open access: yesInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 401-413, March/April 2026.
ABSTRACT Prior research has documented treponematosis at a single site in Mainland Southeast Asia from northern Vietnam dated to the early agricultural transition (~4000–3500 bp). To date, no other cases in Southeast Asia's prehistory have been identified.
Melandri Vlok   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

The antiquity of hydrocephalus: the first full palaeo-neuropathological description [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +1 more source

Ecologies of Risk: Malaria and Settler Landscape Transformation in 19th‐Century Ontario

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Human Biology, Volume 38, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Objectives This study examines how settler‐driven environmental change shaped malaria transmission and mortality in 19th‐century southern Ontario. It aimed to understand the biosocial and ecological conditions that sustained endemic malaria in a temperate, colonial context.
Amanda Cooke, Megan B. Brickley
wiley   +1 more source

Health Problems of Ancient Anatolian Populations

open access: yesAnkara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi, 2017
One of the most significant study fields of anthropology is paleopathology. In paleopathology studies, effects of past diseases on skeleton system are evaluated in different categories by taking their etiologies into consideration.
Mehmet SAĞIR, Seçil SAĞIR
doaj  

Skeletal Evidence for Leprosy in India by the Second Millenium B.C. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by _Mycobacterium leprae_ that affects almost 500,000 people worldwide^1^. The timing of first infection, geographic origin, and pattern of transmission of the disease are unknown^1-3^.
Gwendolyn Robbins   +6 more
core   +1 more source

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