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that.rodents.were.eaten..Previously,.the.analysis.of.Grauballe.Man.
revealed. protozoan. cysts. from. a. dietary. squirrel. source.. Perhaps.
small.mammals.were.a.common.part.of.Iron.Age.and.Roman.Period.
diet.
Also,.an.abundance.of.pollens.and.spores.were.found..Even.
though.examination.of.the.intestinal.wall.showed.no.perforations,.
some.pollen.grains.may.have.infiltrated.the.section.from.the.surrounding.bog..A.method.of.interpreting.the.contamination.potential.
for.pollen.grains.is.presented..This.analysis.provides.one.more.case.
study.that.will.contribute.to.the.establishment.of.standard.methods.
for.the.analysis.of.seemingly.empty.intestine.
357 Hounsfield Units Ranges in CT-scans of Bog Bodies and Mummies,.CHIARA
VILLA.and NIELS LyNNERUP*.(Laboratory.
of. Biological.Anthropology,. Institute. of. Forensic. Medicine,. University.
of. Copenhagen,. Denmark;. chiara.villa@forensic.ku.dk;.
NLY@sund.ku.dk).
Mummification.processes,.either.artificial.or.natural,.preserve.
the. tissues. from. postmortem. decay,. but. change. them. from. their.
original. state.. In. this. study. we. provided. the. first. comprehensive.
set.of.Hounsfield.Unit.(HU).ranges.specific.for.tissues.mummified.
under.different.environmental.conditions.(peat.bog,.cold-dry,.and.
hot-dry. environments).. We. also. analyzed. the. impact. of. different.
museal. preservation. techniques. on. the. HU. ranges,. as. e.g.. in. the.
Tollund.Man.and.Grauballe.Man,.bog.bodies.from.Denmark..The.
mummies.were.compared.with.forensic.cases,.cremated,.and.inhumated.ancient.human.skeletal.remains,.and.fossil.animal.bones.
Knowledge. of. the. typical. HU. range. for. the. different. tissues.
in. mummies. may. prevent. misinterpretation. of. increased. or.
reduced.radiodensity.as.evidence.of.paleopathological.conditions..
Finally,.we.demonstrated.the.practical.benefit.of.using.our.refined.
HU. ranges. by. showing. the. improved. results. of. 3D. visualization.
from. automatic. segmentation. in. an. Inca. mummy. from. Mount.
Llullaillaco.
358 Taphonomic Studies on the Joseon Mummies in Korea,.
CHANG SEOK OH 1,2 *, MyEUNG JU KIM 3 , and DONG
HOON SHIN 1,2. ( 1 Department. of. Anatomy,. 2 Institute. of. Forensic.Medicine,.Seoul.National.University.College.of.Medicine,.28.
Yongon-dong,.Chongno-gu,.Seoul.110-799,.Korea;. 3 Department.of.
Anatomy,.Dankook.University.College.of.Medicine,.Cheonan.330-
714,.Korea;.oxman@snu.ac.kr).
Though. the. environment. in. archaeological. site. of. Korea. is.
not.favorable.for.preservation.of.human.and.cultural.artifacts,.very.
well-preserved.human.remains.have.been.discovered.in.the.form.
of.mummies,.from.the.Joseon.tombs.that.were.firmly.encapsulated.
by.lime.soil.mixture.barrier.(LSMB)..We.originally.suspected.that.
various.environmental.factors.(e.g..the.presence.of.LSMB,.coffin,.
clothes,.charcoal,.humidity.and.pH).might.concern.with.the.mummification.in.Korea..In.order.to.get.the.answers.to.these.questions,.for.the.past.several.years,.we.performed.a.series.of.animal.experiments.that.were.designed.to.show.the.possible.mechanism.of.mummification.in.Korea..We.will.introduce.herewith.our.experiences.on.
animal.experiment.for.studying.the.mechanism.of.mummification.
in.the.lab.environment.
This.study.was.achieved.with.the.support.of.national.R&D.project.hosted.
by. National. Research. Institute. of. Cultural. Heritage. of. Cultural. Heritage.
Administration.(NRICH-1107-B09F-1).
ABSTRACTS.–.Contributed.Posters
359 Examples of Paleopathological Studies on Korean Mummies,
MyEUNG JU KIM 1,a, *, yI-SUK KIM 2,a , CHANG SEOK
OH 3,4 , JAI-HyANG GO 5 , IN SUN LEE 6 , and. DONG HOON
SHIN 3,4 ( 1 Department. of. Anatomy,. 5 Department. of. Pathology,.
Dankook. University. College. of. Medicine,. Cheonan,. 330-715,.
Korea;. 2 Department.of.Anatomy,.Ewha.Womans.University.School.
of.Medicine,.911-1,.Mok-6-Dong,.Yangcheon-gu,.Seoul.158-710,.
Korea;. 3 Department.of.Anatomy,.Dankook.University,.College.of.
Medicine,.Choenan.330-715,.Korea;. 4 Institute.of.Forensic.Medicine,.
6 Department. of. Radiology,. Seoul. National. University. College.of.Medicine,.28,.Yongon-dong,.Chongno-gu,.Seoul.110-799,.
Korea;. mjukim99@dankook.ac.kr;. cuteminjae@gmail.com)..
a These.two.authors.have.equally.contributed.to.this.study.
We.studied.a.number.of.Korean.mummies.who.were.buried.in.
Joseon.Dynasty.tombs.of.16 th .–.19 th .century..In.this.study,.we.summarize.our.scientific.studies.on.the.Korean.mummies;.and.will.present.one.special.case.which.could.not.be.easily.met.for.the.several.
year-experiences.of.our.studies..In.the.case,.to.identify.the.presence.
of.diseases,.computed.tomography.(CT).scanning.was.performed.
on.the.whole.body.of.the.mummy..CT.images.showed.that.calcifications.were.found.in.the.coronary.artery.and.aorta.as.well.as.hilar.
region. of. lung,. indicating. characteristic. sign. of. tuberculosis..As.
for.differential.diagnosis,.dissection.was.done.on.the.mummified.
body;.and.we.could.discover.longitudinal.fatty.streaks.in.the.wall.of.
aorta..The.obstruction.of.left.anterior.descending.artery.was.clearly.
identified,.which.might.be.a.possible.cause.of.death.of.the.Joseon.
female.. In. the. histological. study. of. the. aorta. sections,. localization.of.calcification.between.the.tunica.intima.and.media.was.also.
observed,.strongly.suggesting.the.acute.myocardial.infarction.due.
to.coronary.arterial.disease..Considering.good.state.of.preservation.
of.human.remains.and.artifacts.found.in.lime.soil.mixture.barrier.
(LSMB). tombs,. not. to. mention. the. rich. supplementary. information.available.from.historical.documents,.more.interesting.studies.
could.be.challenged.in.near.future..This.study.was.achieved.with.
the.support.of.national.R&D.project.hosted.by.National.Research.
Institute.of.Cultural.Heritage.of.Cultural.Heritage.Administration.
(NRICH-1107-B09F-1)
360 Leishmaniasis in 15 th Century Italian Nobles and Mercury
Treatment, ANTONIO LANzIROTTI 1 , RAFFAELLA
BIANUCCI 2,3,4 , CLIFFORD QUALLS 5 , EzIO FERROGLIO 6 ,
ANDREAS G. NERLICH 7 , VALENTINA GIUFFRA 4 , GINO
FORNACIARI 4 , and OTTO APPENzELLER 8 *.( 1 National.Synchrotron.
Light. Source,. Brookhaven. National. Laboratory,. Upton,.
NY. 11973,. USA;. 2 Laboratory. of. Criminalistic. Sciences,. Department.
of. Anatomy,. Pharmacology. and. Legal. Medicine,. University.
of. Turin,. Italy;. 3 Biocultural.Anthropology. Unit,. UMR. 6578.
CNRS-EFS,.Faculty.of.Medicine,.University.of.Marseilles,.France;.
4 Division. of. Paleopathology,. History. of. Medicine. and. Bioethics,.
Department.of.Oncology,.Transplants.and.Advanced.Technologies.
in.Medicine,.University.of.Pisa,.Italy; .5 Department.of.Mathematics.and.Statistics,.University.of.New.Mexico,.Albuquerque,.NM,.
USA;. 6 Laboratory.of.Parasitology.and.Parasitic.Diseases,.Department.of.Animal.Production,.Epidemiology.and.Ecology,.University.
of.Turin,.Italy;. 7 Institute.of.Pathology,.Academic.Teaching.Hospital.
München-Bogenhausen,.Munich,.Germany;. 8 NMHEMC.Research.
Foundation,. Albuquerque,. NM. 87122,. USA. (ottoarun12@aol.
com).
The.European.15 th. century.saw.an.epidemic.of.syphilis..Treatment.
for. all. skin. lesions. at. that. time,. including. syphilitic. ulcers,.
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