@article{1480744,
      recid = {1480744},
      author = {Rothschild, Bruce M., and Surmik, Dawid, and Bertozzo,  Filippo,},
      title = {Modern paleopathology : the study of diagnostic approach  to ancient diseases, their their pathology and epidemiology  : let there be light, the light of science and critical  thinking /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xxxvi, 851 pages) :},
      abstract = {The study of paleopathology has two very different  constituencies, the medical scientist and the  zoologist/paleontologist/anthropologist. Their  investigative procedures and professional jargon are  different, sometimes to the point of mutual  incomprehensibility.  Paleontologists/anthropologists/zoologists have a limited  data base for the characterization and interpretation of  pathology. This must come from the human and veterinary  medical experience. What, beyond intellectual satisfaction,  can the health care community expect from this  relationship? The past history of the appearance and  dispersal of infectious disease and cancer is of  considerable theoretical importance and leads to new  insights on the nature and transmission of diseases that  are otherwise ambiguous. The discovery of rheumatoid  arthritis in pre-Columbian North America exemplifies  insights gained. The current effort delineates osseous  impact of disease (as manifest in clinical populations  diagnosed in life), representation in the zoologic,  paleontologic and anthropologic record, and assessment  techniques that can be confidently applied. The chapters  form columns that provide the foundation for scientific  critical thinking. The actual integration of the  information is in its application. Our purpose is to  provide a data base and atlas of actually documented  skeletal impact of diseases (as population phenomenon), an  initial data base of reported skeletal pathology, and a  methodology for expanding this to new arenas. The first  section of the book examines the scientific basis of  paleopathology, its transition from speculation-based  musings, resolution of misconceptions and the denouement of  paleo-epidemiology. The second section provides holistic  analysis of the gamut of pathology/diseases with  significant skeletal impact, with a validated  archeologic/zoological/paleontological record. The third  section provides a glossary to resolve the semantic  challenges inherent to interdisciplinary efforts. The  fourth section provides an atlas of pathology  representation in the fossil record. Ultimately, this book  intends to present a scientifically-validated approach to  recognition of disease in the archeological, zoological and  paleontological record, superseding previous  speculation-based offerings.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1480744},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28624-7},
}