Journal article
A historical case of beaten-copper cranium.
- Rühli FJ Institute of Anatomy, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
- Nicklisch N
- Alt KW
- 2007-01-20
Published in:
- Journal of neurosurgery. - 2007
Child
Chronic Disease
Germany
History, 17th Century
Humans
Hydrocephalus
Male
Mortuary Practice
Skull
Starvation
Warfare
English
The authors present the oldest historical case of a so-called beaten-copper cranium. The typical pattern was identified on a skull from a child, probably a boy, who died at approximately 6 years of age and was buried in a provisional cemetery used during the siege of Hanau, Germany, in 1635 and 1636. Morphological and radiological analyses of the severe digitate impressions ubiquitous on the child's endocranium support the diagnosis of chronically elevated intracranial pressure due to hydrocephalus.
- Language
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- English
- Open access status
- closed
- Identifiers
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- DOI 10.3171/ped.2007.106.1.71
- PMID 17233320
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/global/documents/104409
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