Bones: Orthopaedic Pathologies in Roman Imperial Age

by Valentina Gazzaniga, Andrea Piccioli, Paola Catalano

This book presents the results of a unique macroscopic and radiological analysis, by X-ray and CT scan, of the bone pathologies of about 1800 subjects who lived at the time of the Roman Empire (first and second centuries A.D.) and whose remains were recovered during the excavation of a suburban necropolis of Rome. The survey, which represents a collaboration between the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology and the Special Superintendent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319368028
• ISBN13: 9783319368023
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"