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Darrera modificació: 2024-02-15
Bases de dades: Sciència.cat
Bédécarrats, Samuel - Miclon, Valentin - Travers, Nadine - Gaultier, Matthieu - Herrscher, Estelle - Coqueugniot, Hélène, "3D reappraisal of trepanations at St. Cosme priory between the 12th and the 15th centuries, France", International Journal of Paleopathology, 34 (2021), 206-216.
- Resum
- Objective
This study aims to place trepanation in a medieval therapeutic context by addressing its medical use in neurological disorders and by testing the existence of particular dietary care for the sick.
Materials
Six cases of trepanation found at the St. Cosme priory (La Riche, France) dated from the 12th-15th centuries.
Methods
Neurological health was explored by geometric morphometrics by comparing the six cases to 68 skulls and 67 endocraniums belonging to individuals from the same period and geographical area. Trepanned diet was investigated by carbon and nitrogen isotopes and compared to 49 individuals from the same site.
Results
The study of shapes suggests a possible pathological state for four subjects. The diet of the trepanned is not different from the rest of the population.
Conclusions
The treatment of neurological disorders emerges as the main therapeutic motivation in the corpus, contrary to the reports from the ancient surgical treatises. A specific diet for the sick is not highlighted.
Significance
Geometric morphometrics is rarely used in paleopathology and the results suggest a potential of this type of analysis in the identification of pathological cases. The results on therapeutic motivations and diet do not fit the descriptions from ancient medical sources.
Limitations
The study of forms did not lead to definitive diagnosis. The isotopic study does not allow us to appreciate all the aspects of the diet.
Suggestions for Further Research
: A geometric morphometric study of the skulls and endocraniums of individuals with a known neurological condition would allow a better appreciation of the link between shapes and pathologies.
- Matèries
- Arqueologia
Història de la medicina
- URL
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/p ...
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