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Ortner-HMCS_GR_1352

Record

Holding institution
Historical Museum, Chur
Collection
Slide collection of Donald J. Ortner
Age
50 years
Country of origin
Switzerland

Curator notes

From Bonaduz Cemetery, Canton Grissons, Switzerland.

Scientific notes

Medieval. Probable age at death: greater than 50 years.

1 lesions

Lesion 1

Bones
Tibia
Side
Both
  • Rickets Metabolic
    Healed rickets in adult male tibiae. The only evidence of deformity is seen in the tibiae. Both the tight and left tibiae show bowing with an increased anteroposterior diameter of the midshaft and a very prominent anterior edge.

1 photographs are recorded for this lesion but are no longer retrievable: the server that held them is no longer reachable. The records themselves are unaffected.

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Historical Museum, Chur. Slide collection of Donald J. Ortner. catalogue no. Ortner-HMCS_GR_1352