ANTH 2014 Chapter : Paleopathology
Document Summary
Another in hawaii, only one on continent: isolate people because didn"t have a cure, now multi drug therapy to control leprosy, armadillo carries it naturally, william of tyre"s histonia in france, painting of ergotism/ st. anthony"s fire. Depicted in art (not on test: achondroplasia depicted in art, black death/ bubonic plague depicted in art, burned whole villages, Microbial agents: bacteria and fungus invade haversion system, mimicking osteoclastic activity, extremely, erosion may mimic periostitis. Pressure effects: simple pressure can mimic trauma, soil pressure can be so great as to mimic intentional cranial deformation, in past, misdiagnosed as cannibalism, context of where bones found important, reported cases of trephination actually congenital. Radiological pseudopathology abnomalties: dental calculus- really sand between teeth, postmortem erosion of mastoid septa can mimic mastoiditis, crystal deposits in sinuses mimic osteomas or sinusitis. Artifacts can be found with skeletons, including earrings, can tell about culture. Harris lines: interruption in growth of individual, cessation, individual gets well and growth continues.
