Developmental Hip Dysplasia of Giovanna from Austria (1548-1578) and her daughter Anna (1569-1584): some clarifications
I am pleased that paleopathology is starting to interest also non paleopathologists and that our…
Is that two moons around saturn i see?
Italian and British scientists want to exhume Galileo's body to see if his severe vision problems…
Malaria Was “the Killer” of Francesco I de’ Medici (1531-1587)
Francesco was the first child of Cosimo I de’ Medici (1519-1574), First Grand Duke of…
Rheumatoid arthritis, Klippel-Feil syndrome and Pott’s disease in Cardinal Carlo de’ Medici (1595-1666)
The skeleton of Carlo revealed a concentration of different severe pathologies. Ankylosis of the…
L’ENFANT DE LA CIVITA DE TARQUINIA: UN CAS D’EPILEPSIE DU ixe SIECLE AVANT J.C.
The discovery of the tomb of an eight-year-old male child as well as various burials of new-born…
Plasmodium falciparum immunodetection in bone remains of members of the Medici family
Medical accounts and ancient autopsy reports imply that tertian malarial fevers caused the death…
Rimedi peggiori delle malattie per le nobili rinascimentali
Di alcune non conosciamo neanche il nome. Di altre sappiamo moltissimo, perché erano le celebrità…
Le malattie reumatiche alla corte medicea di Firenze: la cosiddetta “gotta” dei Medici
Secondo le fonti archivistiche diversi membri della famiglia Medici di Firenze avrebbero sofferto…
Goiter in an Eighteenth-Century Sicilian Mummy
Goiter is still a frequent pathological condition of the thyroid gland. Goiter consists of an…