Medieval Christian burials in Denmark were likely more influenced by money than supposed outward markers of sin, according to new research.
In A Nutshell Medieval Danish cemeteries show no spatial segregation of leprosy or TB sufferers: diseased individuals were buried alongside healthy neighbors Burial location was determined by social ...
An international team of archaeologists used graveyards in Denmark to investigate social exclusion based on illness.
Rifampicin (RFP) is used for the treatment of chronic bone tuberculosis owing to its powerful and wide spectrum antibacterial activities. However, effective concentrations of RFP required to treat ...
A few years ago, renowned author John Green met a boy named Henry at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. Henry was small and, at first glance, looked about 9 years old to Green. Everyone at the ...
In a new nonfiction book, the Y.A. novelist describes the disease as a window into “the folly and brilliance and cruelty and compassion of humans.” By Rebecca Robbins When you purchase an ...
PARIS, FRANCE—According to a Live Science report, human remains found in a sealed lead coffin beneath the nave of Notre Dame Cathedral have been identified as the French Renaissance poet Joachim du ...
A centuries-old mystery surrounding a poet buried in Notre Dame in Paris could be close to being solved thanks to archaeological digs at the world-famous cathedral, researchers said on Tuesday, in ...
Read at the meeting of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, held at Washington, May 17 and 18, 1906.