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A possible eighteenth to nineteenth century example of a popliteal aneurysm from Leicester
Author(s) -
Wakely Jennifer,
Smith Andrew
Publication year - 1998
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(199801/02)8:1<56::aid-oa410>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - femur , popliteal artery , lesion , aneurysm , art , medicine , anatomy , archaeology , radiology , surgery , history
Examples of the impressions made on bones by arterial aneurysms are rare in the archaeological record. One such specimen was found in a collection of 5000 pieces of disarticulated human bone from a disturbed eighteenth to nineteenth century graveyard in Leicester. The distal end of an adult femur shows a lesion on the posterior surface that has been identified as that made by an aneurysm of the popliteal artery, by comparison with an authenticated museum specimen of that condition, also of eighteenth century data. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.