Abstract
Twenty-two medical museums were visited (Appendix 1), and all dry bones with changes thought to be due to certain infections were examined and photographed. All crania and long bones labelled syphilis and tuberculosis were included. A few specimens with changes due to other causes such as trauma, Paget’s disease, chronic leg ulcers, pyogenic osteomyelitis and tumours were recorded to widen the scope of differential diagnosis. Of the 674 specimens in this study, there were 424 crania and calvariae (Table 1 a) and 250 tubular long bones (Table 2a). The appearances of these specimens are recorded by over 2000 photographs (15 × 10 cm).
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1976 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this paper
Cite this paper
Hackett, C.J. (1976). Background to the Study. In: Diagnostic Criteria of Syphilis, Yaws and Treponarid (Treponematoses) and of Some Other Diseases in Dry Bones. Sitzungsberichte der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, vol 1976 / 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-06583-9_2
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-06583-9_2
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-540-07967-5
Online ISBN: 978-3-662-06583-9
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive