Evidence of tuberculosis among children in medieval (13th–15th century) Wrocław: A case study of hip joint tuberculosis in a juvenile skeleton excavated from the crypt of the St. Elizabeth church

Paleopathological examinations of the skeletal remains of people who died centuries ago are material source of knowledge about health and diseases in the past. In this article, a case of skeletal tuberculosis from historical (13th-15th c.) Wrocław, Poland has been presented. The juvenile skeleton ex...

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Main Author: Cieślik Agata Izabela
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lodz University Press 2017-06-01
Series:Anthropological Review
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/anre-2017-0014