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A muscular parasite in a mummified girl
Author(s) -
Bellard F. Gomez,
Cortés J. L. Abel
Publication year - 1991
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/oa.1390010313
Subject(s) - girl , anatomy , pathology , medicine , biology , genetics
An ossuary of the nineteenth Century in Toledo County, Spain, produced a spontaneously mummified young girl in a very good state of preservation. The body was studied macroscopically, radiographically and microscopically. The anathomopathological analysis showed evidence of lesions in the muscular tissue of arms and forearms. A positive identification of Trinchinella Spiralis was made. We present the lesions and we discuss the palaeopathological diagnosis and its palaeonutritional and cultural implications.