ABSTRACT
Perforating Skull Trauma in Ancient Egypt and Evidence for Early Neurosurgical Therapy ANDREAS G. NERLICH1, ALBERT ZINK1, ULRIKE SZEIMIES2, HJALMAR G. HAGEDORN3 AND FRIEDRICH W. RÖSING4 1Pathologisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany; 2Institut für diagnostische Radiologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany; 3Klinik für HNO-Kranke, Ludwig-MaximiliansUniversität München, München, Germany; 4Institut für Humangenetik und Anthropologietätsklinikum Ulm, Ulm, Germany
The palaeopathological analysis of skeletal material from various historical populations provides evidence for traumata (residue ist ein Rückstand oä und nicht ein Beleg oä) even dating back to very early human populations, such as the Neandertal individuals. In addition, previous studies suggest that the sequels of trauma were not infrequent findings in various historic populations. This holds particularly true for ancient Egyptian and Nubian skeletal material, where fractures of various skeletal regions have been recorded (Wood and Jones, 1908; Chamla 1967; Winkler and Wilfing 1991; Molleson 1993; Nunn, 1996; Nerlich 1997; Alvrus, 1999; Nerlich et al., 2000).
