Palaeopathology
Mostrando 1-9 de 9 artigos, teses e dissertações.
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1. Reconstruction of dental palaeopathological profiles in incipient and developed agriculturalists from the cost of the Central Andes / Reconstrução de padrões paleopatológicos dentais em agricultores incipientes e desenvolvidos do litoral dos Andes Centrais
A introdução da agricultura tem sido reconhecida como uma das mais importantes mudanças no modo de vida da humanidade. Indicadores osteológicos e dentais são utilizados pela arqueologia para avaliar mudanças no padrão subsistencial associado com alterações na organização social. No entanto, a multiplicidade de meio-ambientes e a grande variabilida
Publicado em: 2010
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2. PALÆOPATHOLOGY
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3. The electron microscope in palaeopathology.
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4. Sir Marc Armand Ruffer (1859-1917) pioneer of palaeopathology.
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5. Skeletal palaeopathology and the rheumatic diseases: where are we now?
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6. The palaeopathology of the vertebral column in ancient Egypt and Nubia.
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7. The study of the human remains from Nubia: the contribution of Grafton Elliot Smith and his colleagues to palaeopathology.
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8. Palaeopathology of spinal osteophytosis, vertebral ankylosis, ankylosing spondylitis, and vertebral hyperostosis.
Five hundred and sixty intact skeletons and several thousand disarticulated vertebrae have been examined with special reference to spinal fusion. In period they ranged from a 21st dynasty Egyptian mummy to a mid-19th century skeleton. Osteophytes were found in about half of the specimens, as reported previously. Fifteen skeletons with extensive blocks of spi
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9. A description of the methods used to obtain information on ancient disease and medicine and of how the evidence has survived
This paper summarises the common modalities that are available for researching ancient medicine and disease as well as explaining how some of these sources have survived to modern day. These are explained under the three broad headings of palaeopathology, artefacts, and texts. The descriptions use a variety of examples from ancient societies including in the
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