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Acta Palaeomedica - International Journal of Palaeomedicine
No full textIn this issue we celebrate traditional osteological methods in papers addressing deviant burials and post-mortem mutilation as well as evidence of autoptic practices, respectively from Tuscany and Spain, a comprehensive analysis of malaria in Ancient Egypt, and congenital spine anomalies in prehistoric Sicily. This set of papers is corroborated by additional contributions from Australia and Germany presenting bioarchaeological findings in South Australia and the importance of plaster casts in German collections.
Editor-in-Chief
Francesco M. Galassi
Managing Editor
Elena Varott
Acta Palaeomedica. International Journal of Palaeomedicine
No full textThe first issue of this journal aims to offer its new readership with a very interesting set of topics, ranging from the Black Death to family interrelations of Egyptian pharaohs, from the discovery of skeletons dated to the 4th century BC in Syracuse to the study of cranial trepanation in mummies in Cuba, and much more, including some book reviews.
[Editor-in-Chief: Francesco M. Galassi; Managing Editor: Varotto Elena
A brief pictorial and historical introduction to guaiacum - from a putative cure for syphilis to an actual screening method for colorectal cancer
No full textAbstract not availablePatrick Eppenberger, Francesco Galassi and Frank Rühl
Aspetti paleopatologici
No full textUn’antica regina egizia avvolta nel mistero. Un’esistenza segnata dalle oscure trame politiche di uno dei maggiori intrighi internazionali dell’antichità – l’affaire Daḫamunzu –, la sua successiva scomparsa dalle fonti storiche e archeologiche, la controversa attribuzione della sua identità a una mummia scoperta dall’esploratore padovano Belzoni, la dubbia suggestione di una patologia intravista nelle sue raffigurazioni artistiche,le possibilità offerte dalla ricerca genetica, la fortuna del personaggio nell’arte cinematografica: a tutte queste (e ad altre) domande cerca di fornire risposte il saggio di Habicht e Galassi, egittologo il primo, antropologo e paleopatologo il secondo, adottando un approccio multidisciplinare che, con rigore, analizza una figura complessae affascinante a un tempo
Gian Domenico Cerrini: una mostra esemplare e alcune novità
No full textRaccolta di studi miscellanea in onore di Francesco Federico Mancin
Final notes on: Response to Galassi et al. concerning the paper by Turgut et al. "Three mythic giants for common fœtal malformation called 'cyclopia': Polyphemus, Tepegöz and Grendel", Child's Nervous System, DOI 10.1007/s00381-019-04,207-y
No full textWe would like to thank Turgut and his colleagues for accepting our remarks and for further stimulating the debate on the historical and palaeopathological aspects of cyclopia, as a way of both enriching the known record on this condition and supporting a broader, humanities-inclusive form of medical education
The Covid-19 pandemic as a communication responsibility and opportunity for paleopathology
No full textNarrating the famous Plague of Athens (430-426 BC) in its destructive manifestation, Thucydides was the first Western author to offer in his History of the Peloponnesian War (2.51) a compelling description of immunity acquired against a highly lethal infectious agent:[...] more often the sick and the dying were tended by the pitying care of those who had recovered, because they knew the course of the disease and were themselves free from apprehension. For no one was ever attacked a second time, or not with a fatal result [δὶς γὰρ τὸν αὐτόν, ὥστε καὶ κτείνειν, οὐκ ἐπελάμβανεν.] » (1
Inflammation Beats Cholesterol: A Comment on the Unequivocal Driver of Cardiovascular Disease Risk
No full textDespite advancements in the current standard of care, cardiovascular diseases continue to hold the top spot as the leading cause of mortality worldwide. The development of atherosclerosis is the most common culprit behind ailments such as myocardial infarction, stroke, and peripheral vascular disease. Consequently, it imposes a significant burden on life expectancy, quality of life, morbidity, and societal costs. Both increased cholesterol levels and the activation of the inflammatory cascade are known as cardiovascular risk facts. Their relative weight is in the spotlight of curent biomedical research. Newly published data shed light on the role of inflammation in determining cardiovascular risk irrespective of cholesterol levels and cholesterol-lowering therapies
Fake news in medicina: un grave deficit di conoscenza storico-medica e paleopatologica alla base del problema
No full textThe era in which we live is characterized by the spread of pseudoscience and fallacious and dangerous theories in the field biomedical, an emergency that requires reflections on medical class on the origin of this drift and on which onesstrategies can be employed to contain this phenomenon. In this article, using three examples (vaccinations, cardiovascular disease, cancer), he comes placed the emphasis on the importance of enhancing the study of paleopathology and Darwinian medicine in the medical field, as a fundamental cognitive and communicative tool
La critique d’art à Pérouse entre la fin du xviiie siècle et le premier quart du xixe
No full textLa seconde moitié du xviiie siècle est marquée à Pérouse par un fort regain d’intérêt pour les études et les publications d’histoire de l’art. Une édition nouvelle, mise à jour par les soins de Cesare Orlandi, de l’Iconologie de Cesare Ripa est publiée entre 1764 et 1767 ; elle est rapidement suivie par des opuscules monographiques consacrés par le bolonais Francesco Maria Galassi aux églises de Saint-Pierre (1774) et de Saint-Laurent (1776), comme par la description de l’église de Saint-Domi..
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