Photographic Regional Atlas of Bone Disease ─ A Guide to Pathologic and Normal Variation in the Human Skeleton

Written for those examining skeletal remains or dealing with bone disease, such as beginning skeletal paleopathologists, physical and other anthropologists, police, crime scene technicians, medical examiners, radiologists, anatomists, other medical specialists, and students, this photographic atlas contains b&w photos and color plates of common pathological conditions encountered in dry-bone specimens. The authors draw on paleopathological examination of about 10,000 complete or nearly complete skeletons from archaeological sites and forensic investigations in North America and elsewhere, and address diseases according to the bone affected. They present a brief history of paleopathology, step-by-step instructions on how to conduct a paleopathological analysis, the mechanics of bone remodeling, and specific diseases affecting each bone in the body, beginning with the skull and progressing down the skeleton. They show and describe fungal infections, the treponematoses, tumors, perimortem fractures and postmortem breakage, the effects of these conditions on the skeleton, muscle markers of stress, a case report reflecting the advanced stages of a disease rarely encountered in osteological collections, dorsal and ventral views of the skeleton, major muscle attachments, and common, uncommon, and rare diseases. This edition has updated references and removes diseases too rare to be encountered in a routine analysis. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)