Palaeopathology: The Study of Disease in the Past
- 1 June 2012
- journal article
- review article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Pathobiology
- Vol. 79 (5), 221-227
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000335165
Abstract
Palaeopathology studies ancient human or animal remains from a pathological point of view, for which techniques and tools such as inspection and light and electron microscopy after adequate rehydration, immunohistochemistry and molecular biology are used. Despite the degradation of tissues, partial preservation of their structure and content after a natural or artificial mummification process often allows the extraction of valuable biological data, which sometimes provides interesting historical information.Keywords
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