Bruce Rothschild
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 101296 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Bruce Rothschild |
| PRENOMES | Bruce |
| SOBRENOME | Rothschild |
| ASSINATURA | ROTHSCHILD B |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Northeast Ohio Medical University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1327-6615 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 67 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 196 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 67 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1988 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 8 |
A spectacle of the Roman amphitheatre at Viminacium
Roman amphitheatres were centres of public entertainment, hosting various spectacles that often included wild animals. Excavation of a building near the Viminacium amphitheatre in Serbia in 2016 uncovered the fragmentary cranium of a bear. Multistranded analysis, presented here, reveals that the six-year-old male brown bear (Ursus arctos) suffered an impact fracture to the frontal bone, the healing of which was impaired by a secondary infection. …
Animal diseases in the southern part of the Carpathian Basin during the medieval period
This study aims to shed light on animal management influences on the development of pathological changes observed on animal remains from the medieval site of Crkveno Brdo. Animal remains with abnormalities were discovered during archaeological excavations of the medieval settlement at the site of Crkveno Brdo in 2019. The site is situated near Senta in the northern region of modern-day Serbia. The part of the settlement dated from the 11th to the…
Metastatic cancer and multiple myeloma
Macroscopic, radiologic and epidemiologic comparison of clinically-diagnosed cases with purported archeologic cases evidences that they represent very different diseases. Since multiple myeloma has yet to be confidently diagnosed/recognized in the archeologic record, the possibility must considered is that it is a disease of the modern epoch. A further observation is that the newly recognized finding of peri-lesional rosettes might be a marker fo…
Micro computed tomography and histological examination of a pathological lesion (healed fracture) in a horse tooth from the medieval site of Crkveno Brdo, Serbia
This paper aims to provide insight into the etiology and differential diagnosis of a rare severe pathological lesion in an isolated equine tooth from the medieval site of Crkveno Brdo. The site is located in the southern part of the Carpathian Basin, that is, in the northern part of present-day Serbia near Senta, some 9 km south-west of the town center in the vicinity of the village of Gornji Breg. The specimen presented in this study comes from …
Severe traumatic lesions in the Late Neolithic cattle from the site of At-Vršac, Serbia
This paper aims to assess the etiology and differential diagnosis of severe pathological lesions in wild and domestic cattle from the Late Neolithic site of At-Vršac in the northeast part of the present-day Serbia. Excavations of this multilayered site revealed the remains of a Late Neolithic settlement belonging to the Vinča culture network of the Central Balkans. An aurochs metacarpal bone, two domestic cattle fragments of fused ulna and radius…
Sicher, Sicker, Schicker, Sicca
The federal government, states and local agencies have investment billions in traffic changes and fees, fines and driving rules that have promoted bicycle use in America. It is appropriate, therefore, to examine the results. What effect has this work and the expenditure of public funds had on driving, pollution and traffic? Some studies have shown varied results with positive outcomes outside of cities, while injuries to pedestrians and bicyclist…
The character of parietal and orbital alterations in the superfamily Hominoidea (families Hominidae [exclusive of Homo] and Hylobotidae)
Parietal external surface disruption routinely referred to as porotic hyperostosis, and orbital alterations (cribra orbitalia), have been attributed to anemia‐related bone marrow hyperplasia in humans. A recent study in humans identified that they were actually vascular in nature. Skeletons were examined and epi‐illumination surface microscopy was performed on the parietal region and orbit of 156 Hominidae and 123 Hylobotidae to assess if these p…
The bare bones appearance of hyperparathyroidism
Three types of resorption (endosteal, intracortical [Haversian], and periosteal envelope [subperiosteal]) have been observed in hyperparathyroidism. The current manuscript addresses the one manifestation that seems to have specificity, subperiosteal bone resorption, and allows us to distinguish the resultant subperiosteal resorption from the unrelated accretion phenomenon, periosteal reaction. Skeletons of 2906 individuals in the Hamann‐Todd Huma…
Utilization of validated criteria for diagnostic assessment in nonsynchronous, allopatric populations
The origin of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been controversial, with devouée committed to either New World or Old World origins. Support for the latter was predicated on observation of isolated Old World pre‐Columbian cases of inflammatory arthritis. The hypothesis is that spectral assessment of disease characteristics can determine the likelihood that pre‐Columbian Old World claims are validly attributed to RA. Do they represent spectrum outlier…
Nondestructive recognition and differentiation of quasi-spherical structures of biologic interest
BackgroundBiological findings in archaeological and paleontological contexts are not limited to bones. In particular, biological concretions can present valuable information regarding the health of the organisms under examination. However, these structures are often difficult to recognize and identify. Chemical analyses (e.g., Raman spectroscopy) can allow their identification but they are time-consuming and destructive techniques, even if minima…
Periosteal reaction recognition and specificity assessed by surface microscopy
Purpose/Research QuestionDistinguishing bone surface alterations from normal longitudinal striations and its semantic characterization are challenging. One classification divides periosteal reaction into woven (interpreted as active disease) and sclerotic (indicative of healing). Another classification "scored" healing if the plaque had rounded edges, seemingly ignoring non-applicée alterations.Population prevalence and skeletal distribution of p…
Evidence-based criteria for palaeopathological recognition
Purpose/research questionPitting or new bone formation on or around tendon insertions, marginal osteophytes, eburnation, cystic changes, and altered contours have been utilized by some palaeopathologists for recognition of the rotator cuff condition, with the purpose of this paper to evaluate the reliability for diagnosis (sensitivity and specificity) of these criteria as documented in the clinical literature.Materials and methodsThe spectrum of …
Radiologic/histologic discrepancies in tumour identification
Objectives When initially discovered in 1963, techniques did not allow definitive diagnosis of the basketball‐sized mandibular tumour discovered in a woman from the Buffalo site dated to 17th century West Virginia. Her subsequent medical examiners stated that they “can only speculate as to the true nature of the tumor.” An interdisciplinary approach was pursued to assess ability of currently available techniques to resolve this conundrum. Materia…
Macroscopic anatomy of the vertebral endplate
Alterations of vertebral endplates have long been a subject of interest, but are of unclear clinical significance. The vertebral columns of a cohort-based sample of 850 individuals were therefore evaluated for vertebral endplate defects, noting adjacent vertebral size and shape variation, bone density and associated pathologies. Defects were found in the vertebral endplates of 458 individuals (Schmorl's nodes in 52.0% and linear defects in 10.6%)…
Tropical Ulcer on a Human Tibia from 5000 Years Ago in Northern Italy
The term tropical ulcer, as applied to bone pathology, describes the specific pathologic phenomenon of the presence of a well‐defined osteomatous shelf formation on the anteromedial aspect of the tibia. Despite the appellation ‘tropical,’ this pathology is not geographically limited to tropical regions, although it has not previously been reported from continental Europe. Observations of a 4583 BP burial from the Tanaro River area of Northern Ita…
Pathologies in the extinct Pleistocene Eurasian steppe lion Panthera leo spelaea ( )—Results of fights with hyenas, bears and lions and other ecological stresses
Extirpolation of the Mythology that Porotic Hyperostosis is Caused by Iron Deficiency Secondary to Dietary Shift to Maize
Diagnosing a shift to a maize-dominant diet, on the basis of recognition of high population frequencies of porotic hyperostosis, has unfortunately entered the “collective consciousness” of anthropology—because of the mythology that iron deficiency is a common cause of that phenomenon. Skull changes in patients with all forms (both primary and secondary) of iron deficiency are actually extremely rare (0.68%!). That frequency certainly does not sup…
Soft Tissue Contributions to Pseudopathology of Ribs
This study reports the results of a de novo classification and characterization of macroscopically perceivable bone alterations relating to the pathologic significance of rib alterations as noted in defleshed bones. We distinguish between nonspecific two-dimensional color alterations and three-dimensional surface modification which appears to have diagnostic significance. Color alterations were patchy in nature with brown being most prominent, fo…
Virgin Texas
In bioarchaeology, skeletal biology and paleopathology, periosteal reaction has been variably considered as a non-specific sign of trauma and alternatively as having potentially diagnostic implications. Examination of sixth millennium before present Texas cemeteries falsifies the non-specific trauma hypothesis, while examination of a second millennium before present site reveals a new (at least to Texas) population phenomenon. In contrast to isol…
Comparison of arthritis characteristics in lowland Gorilla gorilla and mountain Gorilla beringei
Gorilla gorilla and the less‐studied G. beringei occupy very different, geographically separate habitats. We studied the occurrence of various forms of arthritis to examine possible nature/nurture causality. The macerated skeletons of 38 G. beringei and 99 G. gorilla individuals were examined macroscopically for the presence of articular and osseous pathologies. Contrasting with only isolated osteoarthritis and infectious arthritis was the freque…
Scientific Integrity, Conflict of Interest and Mythology Related to Analysis of Treponematoses
Bruce Rothschild, Professor of Medicine, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine,Youngstown, Ohio USAI will cite the 1904 words of my ancestor,Walter Rothschild (1983, p. 133): ‘I am alwayswilling to accept every criticism so long as I amallowed to defend my own standpoint in return. Itherefore venture to ask you to receive this replyto’ Gary Heathcote.The important thing in any debate is that it is adebate and neither side should be p…
Infectious Processes Around the Dawn of Civilization
Being condemned to repeat the history that we ignore carries an important public health caveat. How can we anticipate and prepare for future epidemics and health care challenges without knowledge of the history of disease? Documentation of past disease character and epidemiology provides an opportunity to better understand the origins or causes of diseases whose present etiology may be unclear. Such an approach requires that a disease be confiden…
Skeletal clues apparently distinguishing Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia from multiple myeloma and leukemia
This study was conducted to characterize macroscopically and by conventional radiography the bony lesions in a case of Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia and to compare and contrast it with those of the other major hematologic lymphoproliferative disorders, multiple myeloma and leukemia. Two varieties of lytic skeletal lesions were found in Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia. One was sharply defined, spheroid lesions with smooth borders and effaced/era…
Serpens endocrania symmetrica (SES)
This paper describes a phenomenon in the endocranial plate, which we have termed “serpens endocrania symmetrica” (SES), and discusses its value as a diagnostic tool. The affected discolored bone area exhibits disruption of the endocranial surface, lending it a maze‐like appearance. Histological sections demonstrate that the process is limited to the most superficial portion of the endocranium, with no diploic and ectocranial involvement (sinus ar…
Hyperostosis frontalis interna
The Origin and Antiquity of Syphilis
Spondyloarthropathy
Erosive changes and syndesmophyte formation, characteristics of spondyloarthropathy, were present in 79/2906 skeletons in the Todd Collection. Holistic assessment of this defined population allowed it to be distinguished from rheumatoid and other erosive forms of arthritis. Characterization of the nature and distribution of osseous alterations in a contemporary skeletal population allowed development of a standard for recognition of the disease i…
Rheumatoid arthritis “in the buff”
Examination of isolated bones from patients with unequivocal rheumatoid arthritis provides only a glimpse of the disease but has been the only “gold standard” for recognition of osseous lesions as compatible with the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. Documentation of skeletal pathologic changes in confidently diagnosed individuals has been a major missing link in the transition from clinical to skeletal analysis. Availability of appropriate skel…
Serpens endocrania symmetrica (SES)
This paper describes a phenomenon in the endocranial plate, which we have termed “serpens endocrania symmetrica” (SES), and discusses its value as a diagnostic tool. The affected discolored bone area exhibits disruption of the endocranial surface, lending it a maze‐like appearance. Histological sections demonstrate that the process is limited to the most superficial portion of the endocranium, with no diploic and ectocranial involvement (sinus ar…
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis in Meroitic Nubians from Semna South, Sudan
The paleopathological study of human osteological remains from the site of Semna South, of northern Sudan, revealed that about thirteen percent of this ancient Nubian population had diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH). As in modern cases, males were more affected than females. Two thousand years ago, ancient Nubian males had the same spinal problems elderly men have today. © 1993 Wiley‐Liss, Inc
Treponemal Disease in the New World
Button osteoma
The present study investigates a circumscribed bony overgrowth on the cranial vault, known as button osteoma (BtO) and referred to here as button lesion (BtL). We discuss its anthropological implications. Data on its histology, location, and population distribution (by age, race, and gender) are provided. Microscopically, BtL is composed of well‐organized dense lamellated bone which is poorly vascularized and with very few osteocytes. It forms a …
Comparison of radiologic and gross examination for detection of cancer in defleshed skeletons
The reliability of visual examination of defleshed bones was assessed for detection of postcranial metastatic disease in individuals known to have had cancer. This was compared with standard clinical radiologic techniques. The skeletons of 128 diagnosed cancer patients from an early 20th century autopsied skeletal collection (Hamann‐Todd Collection) were examined. Radiologic examination detected evidence of metastatic disease in 33 individuals, c…
Sex, drugs and matrices
The purpose of this paper is to consider a very simple model of the AIDS epidemic. This model illustrates how the spread of AIDS can be affected by parameters whose values, at the present time, are very imprecise or unknown. Of particular interest are the data related to sexual encounters and practices, data which are often unreliable or ambiguous. In this regard, the present model also suggests that the epidemiology of AIDS is particularly sensi…
Oral bacteria in MioceneSivapithecus
Characterization of gout in a skeletal population sample
Characterization of the nature and skeletal distribution of gout was accomplished in a Chamoru (Chamorros) population with predilection to the disease. Uniform excavation by the gouty diathesis produces a punched‐out appearance to these predominantly monarticular lesions. The lesion is distinct from that seen in rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthropathy, or infection. Reactive new bone formation in some gouty lesions also has an apparently unique…
Osteoarthritis, calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease, and osseous infection in old world primates
Uncertainties as to the nature and implications of osteoar‐thritis and calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease (CPPD) in primates were subject to critical review through examination of 153 prosimians and 1,250 Old World non‐prosimian primates. Osteoarthritis, calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease, and infectious arthritis/osteomyelitis were relatively rare phenomena, affecting only 1.7% and 2.5%, respectively, of free‐ranging prosimians and o…
Porotic Hyperostosis as a Manifestation of Iron Deficiency
Presence of porotic hyperostosis has been frequently used in the anthropologic literature as evidence of iron deficiency anemia. This perspective appears to represent a hypothesis that may not have been adequately tested. Any process which increases marrow activity (evidenced by porotic hyperostosis) increases consumption of basic nutrients. Iron stores, often low to begin with, are typically the most rapidly depleted. Thus, individuals with hemo…
Analysis of treponemal disease in North Africa
Erosive arthritis and spondyloarthropathy in old world primates
Presence of spine and sacroiliac involvement and the nature and distribution of the erosive lesions allow definitive diagnosis of Spondyloarthropathy. Thus, Spondyloarthropathy was identified in Theropithecus , Papio , Cercopithecus , Macaca , Colobus , Presbytis , and Hylobates . Only monarticular erosive disease was present in prosimians, precluding a diagnosis of Spondyloarthropathy for that group. The distribution of erosive disease and axial…
Evidence-based criteria for palaeopathological recognition
Purpose/research questionPitting or new bone formation on or around tendon insertions, marginal osteophytes, eburnation, cystic changes, and altered contours have been utilized by some palaeopathologists for recognition of the rotator cuff condition, with the purpose of this paper to evaluate the reliability for diagnosis (sensitivity and specificity) of these criteria as documented in the clinical literature.Materials and methodsThe spectrum of …
Arthritis in new world monkeys
A spectacle of the Roman amphitheatre at Viminacium
Roman amphitheatres were centres of public entertainment, hosting various spectacles that often included wild animals. Excavation of a building near the Viminacium amphitheatre in Serbia in 2016 uncovered the fragmentary cranium of a bear. Multistranded analysis, presented here, reveals that the six-year-old male brown bear (Ursus arctos) suffered an impact fracture to the frontal bone, the healing of which was impaired by a secondary infection. …
Micro computed tomography and histological examination of a pathological lesion (healed fracture) in a horse tooth from the medieval site of Crkveno Brdo, Serbia
This paper aims to provide insight into the etiology and differential diagnosis of a rare severe pathological lesion in an isolated equine tooth from the medieval site of Crkveno Brdo. The site is located in the southern part of the Carpathian Basin, that is, in the northern part of present-day Serbia near Senta, some 9 km south-west of the town center in the vicinity of the village of Gornji Breg. The specimen presented in this study comes from …
Severe traumatic lesions in the Late Neolithic cattle from the site of At-Vršac, Serbia
This paper aims to assess the etiology and differential diagnosis of severe pathological lesions in wild and domestic cattle from the Late Neolithic site of At-Vršac in the northeast part of the present-day Serbia. Excavations of this multilayered site revealed the remains of a Late Neolithic settlement belonging to the Vinča culture network of the Central Balkans. An aurochs metacarpal bone, two domestic cattle fragments of fused ulna and radius…
Nondestructive recognition and differentiation of quasi-spherical structures of biologic interest
BackgroundBiological findings in archaeological and paleontological contexts are not limited to bones. In particular, biological concretions can present valuable information regarding the health of the organisms under examination. However, these structures are often difficult to recognize and identify. Chemical analyses (e.g., Raman spectroscopy) can allow their identification but they are time-consuming and destructive techniques, even if minima…
Occurrence and Transitions Among the Treponematoses in North America
There has clearly been a differential (geographic/time) transition of treponemal disease in the southwest. The patterns of disease reproducibly fulfill criteria for yaws (present initially), with subsequent recognition of syphilis. Syphilis appears to be a North American disease, which developed as a mutation from yaws approximately 2000 ybp on the Colorado Plateau. The time course of subsequent replacement of yaws by syphilis varies above and be…
On Pseudoscience and Treponemal Disease in the Western Pacific
Treponematoses — Origins and 1.5 million years of transition
Sex, drugs and matrices
The purpose of this paper is to consider a very simple model of the AIDS epidemic. This model illustrates how the spread of AIDS can be affected by parameters whose values, at the present time, are very imprecise or unknown. Of particular interest are the data related to sexual encounters and practices, data which are often unreliable or ambiguous. In this regard, the present model also suggests that the epidemiology of AIDS is particularly sensi…
The Origin and Antiquity of Syphilis
Rheumatoid arthritis “in the buff”
Examination of isolated bones from patients with unequivocal rheumatoid arthritis provides only a glimpse of the disease but has been the only “gold standard” for recognition of osseous lesions as compatible with the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. Documentation of skeletal pathologic changes in confidently diagnosed individuals has been a major missing link in the transition from clinical to skeletal analysis. Availability of appropriate skel…
Reactive erosive arthritis in chimpanzees
Diagnosis of diseases of bone, without benefit of soft tissue, in vivo observation, or blood component analysis requires the development of new criteria for diagnosis. Analyzing chimpanzee skeletal populations, applying such criteria (e.g., lesion character, distribution, radiologic appearance, and sex ratios), revealed a picture indistinguishable from human spondyloarthropathy. As Africa has been shown to manifest this condition in indigenous hu…
Spondyloarthropathy
Erosive changes and syndesmophyte formation, characteristics of spondyloarthropathy, were present in 79/2906 skeletons in the Todd Collection. Holistic assessment of this defined population allowed it to be distinguished from rheumatoid and other erosive forms of arthritis. Characterization of the nature and distribution of osseous alterations in a contemporary skeletal population allowed development of a standard for recognition of the disease i…
Osteoarthritis, calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease, and osseous infection in old world primates
Uncertainties as to the nature and implications of osteoar‐thritis and calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease (CPPD) in primates were subject to critical review through examination of 153 prosimians and 1,250 Old World non‐prosimian primates. Osteoarthritis, calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease, and infectious arthritis/osteomyelitis were relatively rare phenomena, affecting only 1.7% and 2.5%, respectively, of free‐ranging prosimians and o…
Erosive arthritis and spondyloarthropathy in old world primates
Presence of spine and sacroiliac involvement and the nature and distribution of the erosive lesions allow definitive diagnosis of Spondyloarthropathy. Thus, Spondyloarthropathy was identified in Theropithecus , Papio , Cercopithecus , Macaca , Colobus , Presbytis , and Hylobates . Only monarticular erosive disease was present in prosimians, precluding a diagnosis of Spondyloarthropathy for that group. The distribution of erosive disease and axial…
Arthritis in new world monkeys
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis in Meroitic Nubians from Semna South, Sudan
The paleopathological study of human osteological remains from the site of Semna South, of northern Sudan, revealed that about thirteen percent of this ancient Nubian population had diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH). As in modern cases, males were more affected than females. Two thousand years ago, ancient Nubian males had the same spinal problems elderly men have today. © 1993 Wiley‐Liss, Inc
Lithopedion as an archaic occurrence
Identification of a 3100-year-BP lithopedion in the Archaic Southwest antedates its first clinical notation by 2100 years. It was only the 'autopsy' of time (excavation of the site) that allowed its presence to be brought to light
Rheumatoid arthritis in a medieval skeleton
Characterization of gout in a skeletal population sample
Characterization of the nature and skeletal distribution of gout was accomplished in a Chamoru (Chamorros) population with predilection to the disease. Uniform excavation by the gouty diathesis produces a punched‐out appearance to these predominantly monarticular lesions. The lesion is distinct from that seen in rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthropathy, or infection. Reactive new bone formation in some gouty lesions also has an apparently unique…
Comparison of radiologic and gross examination for detection of cancer in defleshed skeletons
The reliability of visual examination of defleshed bones was assessed for detection of postcranial metastatic disease in individuals known to have had cancer. This was compared with standard clinical radiologic techniques. The skeletons of 128 diagnosed cancer patients from an early 20th century autopsied skeletal collection (Hamann‐Todd Collection) were examined. Radiologic examination detected evidence of metastatic disease in 33 individuals, c…
Treponematoses — Origins and 1.5 million years of transition
Analysis of treponemal disease in North Africa
Treponemal Disease in the New World
Congenital Syphilis in the Archaeological Record
The paucity of convincing evidence for congenital bone lesions of syphilis in the archaeological record led to study of the human remains from the Buffalo site in West Virginia, dated at 550—650 years BP. The diagnosis of syphilis (venereal) in adults was based on previously validated population criteria for the recognition of syphilis and its distinction from among the other treponemal diseases. Among the 151 juveniles (23.3 per cent of the tota…
Recognition of sickle cell anemia in skeletal remains of children
The present study discusses in detail the osteological changes associated with sickle cell anemia in children and their importance in differential diagnosis. Posterior calcaneal and specific articular surface disruptive metacarpal lesions are diagnostic for sickle cell anemia. Calvarial thickening, tibial and femoral cortical bone thickening, and bowing are of more limited utility in differential diagnosis. Granular osteoporosis, pelvic demineral…
Why do we fail in aging the skull from the sagittal suture
The controversy over the reliability of ectocranial suture status (open vs. closed) as an age estimation stimulated the pursuit of Meindl and Lovejoy's suggestion (Meindl and Lovejoy [1985] Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 68:57-66) for large scale analysis. The extent of the sagittal suture closure was assessed in 3,636 skulls from the Hamann-Todd and Terry collections. The debate over whether cranial suture ossification represents a pathologic or an age…
Why do we fail in aging the skull from the sagittal suture
The controversy over the reliability of ectocranial suture status (open vs. closed) as an age estimation stimulated the pursuit of Meindl and Lovejoy's suggestion (Meindl and Lovejoy [1985] Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 68:57– 66) for large scale analysis. The extent of the sagittal suture closure was assessed in 3,636 skulls from the Hamann-Todd and Terry collections. The debate over whether cranial suture ossification represents a pathologic or an ag…
Recognition of sickle cell anemia in skeletal remains of children
The present study discusses in detail the osteological changes associated with sickle cell anemia in children and their importance in differential diagnosis. Posterior calcaneal and specific articular surface disruptive metacarpal lesions are diagnostic for sickle cell anemia. Calvarial thickening, tibial and femoral cortical bone thickening, and bowing are of more limited utility in differential diagnosis. Granular osteoporosis, pelvic demineral…
Congenital Syphilis in the Archaeological Record
The paucity of convincing evidence for congenital bone lesions of syphilis in the archaeological record led to study of the human remains from the Buffalo site in West Virginia, dated at 550—650 years BP. The diagnosis of syphilis (venereal) in adults was based on previously validated population criteria for the recognition of syphilis and its distinction from among the other treponemal diseases. Among the 151 juveniles (23.3 per cent of the tota…
Oral bacteria in MioceneSivapithecus
Recognition of leukemia in skeletal remains
Recognition of disease in the archeologic record is facilitated by characterization of the skeletal impact of documented (in life) disease. The present study describes the osteological manifestations of leukemia as identified in the skeletons of two individuals diagnosed during life: a 3-year-old black girl with acute lymphocytic leukemia and a 60-year-old white male with acute myelogenous leukemia in the Hamann-Todd collection. Contrasting with …
Porosity
A controlled study of the relationship of two standard clinical indicators of osteoarthritis and porosity failed to demonstrate a relationship. Porosity appears to be a curiosity that has no clinical correlation and is not a sign of an identifiable rheumatologic disorder. It should be deleted as an identifier for osteoarthritis.
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