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Ancient diseases : the elements of palaeopathology / Srboljub Živanović ; translated by Lovett F. Edwards.
- Title
- Ancient diseases : the elements of palaeopathology / Srboljub Živanović ; translated by Lovett F. Edwards.
- Author
- Živanović, Srboljub
- Publication
- London : Methuen, 1982.
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Details
- Description
- xxii, 285 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Describes ancient diseases and pathological signs on bones and soft tissues. Uses medical terminology to describe the archaeological evidence of diseases. Book is first comprohensive text in palaeopathology for students and professionals written from a medical standpoint.
- Subject
- Paleopathology
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [271]-280.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Material -- Methods -- Elements of physical anthropology in palaeopathology -- Palaeopathology and art -- Traces of diseases, injuries and pathological changes in bones -- Tumours and neoplasms -- Diseases of the joints -- Injuries and fractures -- Trepanning and injuries to the skull caused by surgery -- Cannibalism -- Artificial deformations -- Diseases of the teeth and jaws -- Infectious and contagious diseases -- Poisoning and chemical injuries -- Mummification and mummies -- Palaeoserological and palaeobiochemical analyses.
- ISBN
- 0416311407
- OCLC
- 8453611
- SCSB-13227716
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library