An isotopic case study of individuals with syphilis from the pathological-anatomical reference collection of the national museum in Prague (Czech Republic, 19th century A.D.)

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11310/19:10403592

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2019.04.001" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2019.04.001</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2019.04.001" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ijpp.2019.04.001</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

An isotopic case study of individuals with syphilis from the pathological-anatomical reference collection of the national museum in Prague (Czech Republic, 19th century A.D.)

Original language description

OBJECTIVE: This paper aims at investigating the possible existence of isotopic offsets in delta13Ccol and delta15Ncol values in relation to tertiary syphilis. MATERIAL: Based on materials from the 19th c. A.D. deriving from the pathological-anatomical reference collection (the Jedlicka collection) of the National Museum in Prague (Czech Republic), a comparative approach of ten individuals with syphilis and nine without the disease was undertaken. METHODS: Bone powder samples were defatted according to the protocol of Liden et al. (1995). Bone collagen was extracted following the protocol of Bocherens et al. (1991). RESULTS: Our results show that individuals with syphilis have lower delta13Ccol values than individuals without the disease; the observed difference between the two groups is about 0.3-0.4, which is relatively small but still meaningful. However, no difference between delta15Ncol values of the two groups has been noticed. CONCLUSIONS: Either diets prescribed by physicians to syphilitic patients or nutritional stress caused by cyclic appetite disturbance due to the disease itself or the administered medical treatment appeared to be possible explanations of the observed isotopic pattern. Overall, the response of the two isotopic proxies could argue for relatively limited nutritional restrictions. SIGNIFICANCE: This is the first study examining bone collagen isotopic response to syphilis based on clinically documented human skeletal materials. LIMITATIONS: The sample sizes are relatively small and cautiousness must be taken regarding the interpretations of the data. SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH: Compound-specific stable isotope investigations and analysis of mercury content could be helpful to better understand the observed isotopic effects.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60102 - Archaeology

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA19-13265S" target="_blank" >GA19-13265S: Refining the dietary reconstruction of past populations at the example of medieval Moravia</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

International journal of Paleopathology

ISSN

1879-9817

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

25

Issue of the periodical within the volume

Neuveden

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

46-55

UT code for WoS article

000472633000006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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