کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
101319 1422381 2015 16 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Digital radiography and historical contextualisation of the 19th century modified human skeletal remains from the Worcester Royal Infirmary, England
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
رادیوگرافی دیجیتال و متون تاریخی قرن نوزدهم بقایای اسکلت انسانی از بیمارستان وروستر سلطنتی انگلستان
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی فیزیولوژی
چکیده انگلیسی

Recent excavations at the Worcester Royal Infirmary revealed a large assemblage of modified skeletal remains dating to the late 19th century. The assemblage included a sample of 134 long bones, 76 of which were transected and 58 of which displayed evidence of gross pathology without transection. Transection may have been undertaken for the purposes of amputation, anatomical or morbid dissection, for surgical training or specimen preparation. In order to elucidate the motives for such modification, Direct Digital Radiography (DDR) was undertaken on the proximal and distal elements present to confirm the true prevalence of disease. The radiographic evidence revealed that some transected elements exhibited previously unobserved pathological changes. The ratios of proximal to distal elements varied between samples of pathological and non-pathological transected elements, suggesting different motives for modification. There was also a significant difference between the composition of the skeletal sample and that expected from historical records of amputation. Aggressive or acute/subacute as well as chronic stages of disease were observed, some lesions possibly relating to ascending infection following gangrenous limb ischaemia or haematogenous spread. Other rare conditions were detected using DDR, proving it to be a critical tool in the assessment of skeletal disease in the past.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: International Journal of Paleopathology - Volume 10, September 2015, Pages 58–73
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