Item #469379 Bones, bodies and diseases : evidence of disease and abnormality in early man. Calvin Wells.

Bones, bodies and diseases : evidence of disease and abnormality in early man

London : Thames and Hudson, 1964. First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #469379

Physical description; 288 pages illustrations. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-212). Contents; The significance of palaeopathology -- The evidence available -- Types of abnormalities -- Skeletal adaptations -- Cannibalism -- Trephination -- Radiographic evidence -- Artificial interference -- Vital statistics -- Historial characters. Subjects; Paleopathology. Bones Diseases. Paleontology. Abnormalities, Human. Teeth, Fossil.

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