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Record

Holding institution
Dept. of Anthropology, National Museum, Prague
Collection
Prague Collection of Pathological Dissections
Sex
Male
Country of origin
Czech Republic

Scientific notes

Gangraena pedis. Status post sequestrationem. The skeleton of the leg after the amputation according to Sharp.

Provenance

<a href="mailto:petr_veleminsky@nm.cz">Petr Velem&iacute;nsk&yacute; National Museum, Prague</a>

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sharp

Bones
Metatarsal
Side
Right
Timing
Antemortem
Force
Direct

Surgery Surgical or medical

  • The skeleton of the leg after the amputation according to sharp. The calcaneus, cuboid, and three metatarsals are secondarily fused into one block. The first metatarsal of the is joined at it base with the second metaarsal through a narrow bone bridge.

    Vladimir Franc<br />Book: Smr&#269;ka et al. Atlas of Diseases in Dry Bones. Academia, Prague 2009. Link to the book sellers: <a href="http://newshop.academia.cas.cz/nakladatelstvi/academia.html"><img src="http://www.forost.org/img/atlas_dry_bones.png" width="99" height="118" alt="pathology atlas" /></a> <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />This <span xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage" rel="dc:type">work</span> is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License</a>.

  • On the metatarsal bases as well as on the plantar side of the cuboid, there are sharp jagged osteophytes. On the plantar side of the cuboid there are also visible traces of osteolysis.

    Vladimir Franc<br />Book: Smr&#269;ka et al. Atlas of Diseases in Dry Bones. Academia, Prague 2009. Link to the book sellers: <a href="http://newshop.academia.cas.cz/nakladatelstvi/academia.html"><img src="http://www.forost.org/img/atlas_dry_bones.png" width="99" height="118" alt="pathology atlas" /></a> <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />This <span xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage" rel="dc:type">work</span> is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License</a>.

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Dept. of Anthropology, National Museum, Prague. Prague Collection of Pathological Dissections. catalogue no. Collection_of_Pathological_Dissections-AJ 5140

Dept. of Anthropology, National Museum, Prague