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@inproceedings{486981,
author = {Strouhal, Eugen and Horáčková, Ladislava and Likovský, Jakub and Vargová, Lenka and Daneš, Jan},
address = {Bradford (UK)},
booktitle = {The Past and Present of Leprosy},
keywords = {Leprosy; iconography; paleopathology; M. leprae; DNA},
language = {eng},
location = {Bradford (UK)},
isbn = {1-84171-434-8},
pages = {223-232},
publisher = {University of Bradford},
title = {Traces of leprosy from the Czech Kingdom},
year = {2002}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 486981
AU - Strouhal, Eugen - Horáčková, Ladislava - Likovský, Jakub - Vargová, Lenka - Daneš, Jan
PY - 2002
TI - Traces of leprosy from the Czech Kingdom
PB - University of Bradford
CY - Bradford (UK)
SN - 1841714348
KW - Leprosy
KW - iconography
KW - paleopathology
KW - M. leprae
KW - DNA
N2 - Leprosy in the Medieval Czech Kingdom has yet to be thoroughly studied. Traces of the disease are, however, found in three independent data sources. Historical texts mention "leper" houses in several towns, including the one adjacent to the St. Lazarus chapel outside the Old Town of Prague, operating from the mid-13th to the end of the 15th century AD. Iconographic evidence of facies leprosa and thickening of the toes have been recently recognized in one of the "Three Apostles" from an anonymous painting dated AD 1510 in the National Galery in Prague. In addition, a male skull from an ossuary sample (n=554) at Křtiny near Brno, displays osseous changes suggestive of the rhinomaxillary syndrome of leprosy. The diagnosis was confirmed by the isolation of Mycobacterium leprae DNA in a bone sample.This is the first osteoarchaeological evidence of leprosy published from the territory of the former Czech Kingdom.
ER -
STROUHAL, Eugen, Ladislava HORÁČKOVÁ, Jakub LIKOVSKÝ, Lenka VARGOVÁ and Jan DANEŠ. Traces of leprosy from the Czech Kingdom. In \textit{The Past and Present of Leprosy}. Bradford (UK): University of Bradford, 2002, p.~223-232. ISBN~1-84171-434-8.
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