Acute traumatic death of a 17th century general based on examination of mummified remains found in Korea

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 309-320

  Lee, In Sun ^a   Lee, Eun Joo ^b   Park, Jun Bum ^c   Baek, Seung Hee ^c   Oh, Chang Seok ^a   Lee, Soong Deok ^a   Kim, Yi Suk ^d   Bok, Gi Dae ^e   Hong, Jung Won ^f   Lim, Do Sun ^g   Shin, Myung Ho ^h   Seo, Min ⁱ   Shin, Dong Hoon ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Andong National University   (South Korea)

^c Hangang Institute of Cultural Heritage   (South Korea)

^d Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e University of Brain Education   (South Korea)

^f Academy of Korean Studies   (South Korea)

^g Eulji University   (South Korea)

^h Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

ⁱ Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clothes; Computerized tomography; Korea; Mummy; Radiology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BLOOD CLOT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSECTION; FECES; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PRESERVATION; RECTUM; SIGMOID; SOLDIER; SUDDEN DEATH;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH, SUDDEN; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MUMMIES; PEDIGREE; SKIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67349269579     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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