Publication details
Problematika diagnostiky zánětlivých změn na kosterních pozůstatcích
| Title in English | Diagnostics of Inflammatory Changes on Historical Skeletons: Selected Issues |
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| Year of publication | 2004 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Ve službách archeologie V. |
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| Field | Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology |
| Keywords | palaeopathology; syphilis; leprosy; |
| Description | The Department of Medical Anthropology, Institute of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine - Masaryk University in Brno has dealt with a paleopathological analysis of more than 2700 skeletons from the 5th through 18th century A.D. The entire research focused on indications on bones of specific inflammatory diseases, namely syphilis and leprosy. The main purpose of the research was to develop an optimal paleopathological diagnostic procedure for identifying these two diseases. Our results show that the evaluation of pathological changes is severely limited by the condition of the skeleton, and that it is necessary to adopt an individualized procedure in each case. First, it is absolutely essential to begin with a detailed macroscopic and x-ray examinations, aimed at identifying skeletons which will subsequently undergo more expensive and technologically demanding examinations. One of the most reliable diagnostic methods is the PCR method of detecting specific pathogenic microorganisms |
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