Syphilis was perceived to be a new disease in Europe in the late 15th century, igniting a
debate about its origin that continues today in anthropological, historical, and medical …

Objective X-ray fluorescence (XRF) is a non-destructive technique that measures the
elemental concentration of different materials, including human bone. Recently, it began to …

This study aimed to evaluate the possible use of mercury as a medical treatment at the
medieval monastic hospital Skriðuklaustur (ad 1494–1554) in eastern Iceland. The …

This article provides for the first time a robust quantitative estimate of the amount of syphilis
infection in the population of London in the later eighteenth century. A measure of the …

Syphilis is currently a treatable disease, with a low incidence in most developed countries,
although the prevalence has increased recently, especially among men-who-have-sex-with …

Abstract A child aged 3.5 to 4.5 years, exhumed from the cemetery of Alghero that is
referable to the plague outbreak of 1582–83, showed remarkable dental anomalies in the …

En este trabajo se presenta la propuesta de un modelo construido desde las bases de la
síntesis biocultural extendida, que considera que el fenómeno humano está determinado …

In this dissertation project I use multiple lines of evidence to investigate the ways in which
inequality and access shape disease outcomes, mobility and movement, and experience in …

Abstract Syphilis in the United States during the 1800s and 1900s had a high prevalence
rate causing great concern to health officials. Various measures were taken to control its …

Syfilis er en seksuelt overførbar infeksjon, og er et viktig folkehelseproblem både i Norge
og i verden. Forekomst av syfilis har økt i de senere årene, spesielt blant menn som har …