Skull with mandible and lower leg bones (tibia & Fibila)

Made:: 1350-1500 in Denmark

Skull with mandible and lower leg bones (tibia & Fibila), mature human, showing effects of leprosy, from a medieval Danish cemetary, reputedly c. 1350

Skeleton showing the effects of leprosy, Netherlands, 1350-1500

1350-1500

Skull with mandible mature human

1350-1500

Details

Category:: Anatomy & Pathology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A635012

Materials:: bone, human

Measurements:: tibia: length 400 mm

type:: human remains and skeletons

credit:: Wellcome Trust

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