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Documentary and artistic evidence for congenital conditions from sixteenth century England
Author(s) -
Anderson T.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
international journal of osteoarchaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1099-1212
pISSN - 1047-482X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1212(199711/12)7:6<625::aid-oa368>3.0.co;2-c
Subject(s) - ballad , paleopathology , documentary evidence , history , classics , genealogy , medicine , literature , archaeology , art , poetry
The Huth Collection, a series of Elizabethan illustrative ballads housed in the British Museum, depicts marvels of nature including monstrous births. As such, it represents a unique corpus of evidence for congenital conditions and palaeopathology. It has been possible to diagnose abnormalities and syndromes which until now, based on skeletal material, have not been recognized in earlier British societies. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.