The integration of the palaeopathology and medical history of the crusades

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 333-343

  Mitchell, Piers D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crusades; Le petit gerin: Medicine; Osteomyelitis; Surgery; Weapon injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042786413     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1212(199909/10)9:5<333::AID-OA493>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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