Otopathology of Egyptian mummy Pum II: Final report

Benitez, Jaime T.

doi:10.1017/s0022215100105432

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“…13 It was not described as being present in the temporal bone examined histologically as noted above. 12 Evidence of a dominant right jugular venous drainage system in each skull is also consistent with current norms. The general morphology and ossification patterns of the thyroid cartilages could be characterized and were entirely consistent with the suspected age and sex of the two individuals studied.…”

Section: Dentalsupporting

confidence: 78%

Exercise in Paleo-Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Examination of Two Egyptian Mummies

Babin

Kahane

Freed³

1990

Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol

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Two Ptolemaic period mummies underwent head and neck examination including high-resolution tomography and endoscopic rhinoscopy and cranioscopy. The anatomy demonstrated characteristic laryngeal calcification and sexual dimorphism. Pathologic findings consisted of severe dental disease and possible chronic ear disease. Postmortem changes revealed the entrance of the embalmers into the cranial cavity, but raised interesting speculation regarding the method of brain removal.

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Section: Dentalsupporting

confidence: 78%

Exercise in Paleo-Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Examination of Two Egyptian Mummies

Babin

Kahane

Freed³

1990

Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol

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“…Our first collection of ossicles was prepared by us from the early Egyptian osteological collection of Giovanni Marro in Turin (Italy). In a few cases, archaeological ossicles were discussed in connection with some form of pathology [7,12]. Other studies have examined the phylogeny of primates based on auditory ossicles [68, 69, 72-74, 79, 87, 99, 100].…”

Section: Anthropologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Hoc alterum auditus organi ossiculum est: Ear Ossicles in Physical Anthropology

Masali

Cremasco

2006

Human Evolution

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In spite of the importance of auditory ossicles in anthropological studies, very little attention has been paid to these bones, which are only rarely recovered in archaeological excavations and in osteological collections. In this paper, we attempt to review some studies that started in the 1960 from when we first collected and prepared ossicles from the early Egyptian osteological collection of Giovanni Marro in Turin (Italy). We attempt to delineate the potential of ear bones in the study of man. In a few cases, archaeological ossicles were discussed in connection with some forms of pathology. Other studies examined the phylogeny of primates based on auditory ossicles. The function of the ossicles is to transmit sound waves to the cochlear endolymph. The energy transmitted through the ossicles is conserved by the action of two levers, which convert the relatively wide and low-energy movements of the hammer into smaller high-energy movements of the stirrup. It is a matter of argument whether the different proportions of the ossicles may imply variations in auditory perception in primates, including man. While the hammer of modern humans and that of the great apes show similar absolute sizes, nevertheless, the ape manubrium is appreciably greater than that of man. This difference, combined with stirrup proportions, causes a strong "low-gear" effect in apes and, as a consequence, probably a different auditory acuity. Although only a few fossil Neanderthal auditory ossicles are known, it may be, nevertheless, of interest studying the ossicles from the viewpoint of vibration transfer impedance function. The methodology may also be appropriate to study the few Australopithecine ossicles that are known. It is a matter of question whether the ossicles may have a meaning in distinguishing human populations; nevertheless, at least a case of clear distinction between human population has been achieved as in the case of Antinoe Roman-Egyptians.

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“…Weitere Beispiele an HNO-relevanten Befunden aus verschiedenen historischen Zeiten und Regionen belegen die grundsätzlichen Möglichkeiten einer paläopathologischen Untersuchung für HNO-Krankheiten [3,6,8,10,19]. Dies schließt auch isolierte Untersuchungen an einzelnen altägyptischen Fundstücken und kleineren Mumienserien ein [2].Eine mögliche intravitale Stapessubluxation ist bisher bei Mumien allerdings nicht beschrieben worden.…”

Section: Intravitale Subluxationunclassified