Palaeopathology
Palaeopathology
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9781108499583Palaeopathology is designed to help bone specialists with diagnosis of diseases in skeletal assemblages. It suggests an innovative method of arriving at a diagnosis in the skeleton by applying what are referred to as 'operational definitions'. The aim is to ensure that all those who study bones will use the same criteria for diagnosing disease, which will enable valid comparisons to be made between studies. This book is based on modern clinical knowledge and provides background information so that those who read it will understand the natural history of bone diseases, and this will enable them to draw reliable conclusions from their observations. Details of bone metabolism and the fundamentals of basic pathology are also provided, as well as a comprehensive and up-to-date bibliography. A short chapter on epidemiology provides information on how best to analyze and present the results of a study of human remains.
- Uses a novel approach to the diagnosis of disease in the skeleton which will ensure that the same criteria are used by all bone specialists
- Information is soundly clinically based, using medical knowledge
- Writing is clear and presented in simple, jargon free language
Reviews & endorsements
"Researchers would want to use this text in the field, to introduce advanced undergraduates to the sub-discipline, and as a starting point for bridging anthropological and clinical data within their own research products." -PaleoAnthropology
"This very well written and comprehensive volume should prove useful to anyone attempting to diagnose disease from ancient human remains." -Douglas Ubelaker, Journal of Anthropological Research
Product details
November 2008Adobe eBook Reader
9780511434167
0 pages
0kg
23 b/w illus. 42 tables
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Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction, and diagnosis
- 2. Bone metabolism and pathology
- 3. Diseases of joints: osteoarthritis
- 4. Other joint diseases
- 5. Bone forming and DISH
- 6. Infectious diseases
- 7. Metabolic diseases
- 8. Trauma
- 9. Tumours
- 10. Disorders of growth and development
- 11. Soft tissue diseases
- 12. Dental disease
- 13. An introduction to epidemiology.
