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Palaeopathology of Aboriginal Australians: Health and Disease across a Hunter-Gatherer Continent

By Stephen Webb

Book information

Year
2009
ISBN
0521110491, 9780521110495
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
71 MB (74184988 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
340\337
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Using data collected from all parts of the continent, this book is a study of the health of Australia's original inhabitants over 50,000 years. It represents the first continental survey of its kind and is the first to quantify and describe important aspects of Australian hunter-gatherer health. Major categories of disease described are: stress, osteoarthritis, fractures, congenital deformations, neoplasms and non-specific and treponemal infections. The author also describes some surgical techniques used by Aboriginal people. A broad-ranging book offering fresh insight into the study of Australian prehistory and Aboriginal culture, the book also illuminates the origins and ecology of human disease.

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