A probable case of leprosy from colonial period St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Southeastern Caribbean
| Autor: | Greg C. Nelson, Taylor Dodrill, Scott M. Fitzpatrick |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Archeology
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Probable Case location.country Skull medicine.disease Colonial period Pathology and Forensic Medicine Time of death law.invention location Geography medicine.anatomical_structure Archaeology Caribbean Region law Leprosy medicine Ethnology Humans Radiocarbon dating Grenadines Historical record |
| Zdroj: | International journal of paleopathology. 36 |
| ISSN: | 1879-9825 |
| Popis: | Objective To document and differentially diagnose facial pathology found in an isolated skull from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, southeastern Caribbean. To directly date this individual using radiocarbon dating. Materials Isolated skull recovered from Petite Mustique Island. Methods Describe facial pathology occurring in this individual and compare with known diseases or disease processes that impact the craniofacial complex. Results Features of the rhinomaxillary syndrome are present, indicating a diagnosis of leprosy. Dating places the time of death to the late 18th or early 19th centuries. Conclusions Analysis of the rhinomaxillary syndrome produces a diagnosis of early-stage leprosy in an individual that correlates with the apparent attempt to locate a leprosarium on Petite Mustique Island in the first decade of the 19th century. Significance Location and time corroborate historical records of at least one attempt to locate a leprosarium on Petite Mustique Island. Only directly dated individual with leprosy in the western hemisphere and possibly the earliest yet recorded. Limitations This is an isolated find that is archaeologically unprovenienced. Suggestions for further research Professional archaeological survey of Petite Mustique. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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