Polish Journal of Pathology

Abstract

1/2019 vol. 70
Review paper

Paleopathology of soft tissues: what mummies can reveal

Pedro L. Fernández 1
,
Jordi Esteban 2
,
Agustín Franco 3
  1. Department of Pathology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol and Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain
  2. Department of Pathology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
  3. Department of Urology, Hospital Clinic and University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Pol J Pathol 2019; 70 (1): 44-48
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/pjp.2019.84462
Online publish date: 2019/04/22
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Paleopathology is a science located in a crossroad between history, archaeology, anthropology, and medicine an can offer unique historical knowledge by using techniques of traditional pathology as well as other branches of Medicine, which is especially fruitful when applied to ancient subjects in which soft tissues are preserved: mummies.

Keywords

paleopathology, mummy

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