A Possible Stroke Victim from Pharaonic Egypt

Discover the anatomy of the mummies: how imaging techniques contribute to understanding disease in the past

“…Seventeen records evaluated chronic, infectious, or neoplastic diseases. Cardiovascular diseases were demonstrated in 10 studies (Allam et al, 2011;Chandrashekhar and Narula, 2011;Thompson et al, 2013Thompson et al, , 2014Clarke et al, 2014;Wann and Thomas, 2014;Wann et al, 2015;Gabrovsky et al, 2016;Panzer et al, 2021;Herrerín et al, 2022), while 7 (Friedrich et al, 2010;Hussein et al, 2013;Lacout et al, 2016aLacout et al, , 2016bHerrerin et al, 2018;Ventura et al, 2021) assessed the aforementioned pathological conditions. Today, CVD represents the leading cause of death worldwide in both men and women, accounting for at least one-third of all deaths in women and half of deaths in women over 50 years in developing countries (Vaccarezza et al, 2020).…”

“…The association of atherosclerosis and osteoarthritis was found to be comparable in prevalence to those reported in recent clinical studies, despite the low life expectancy and the different environments and lifestyles of the ancient Egyptians. More recently, studying an ancient female mummy, Herrerın and coworkers (Herrerín et al, 2022) reported the earliest known case of hemiparalysis due to a cerebral stroke, while in previous years the first paleopathological case of stroke was identified by Galassi and colleagues also thanks to CT scan imaging (Galassi et al, 2017, Nerlich et al, 2021. A case of osteoma was reported by Friedrich and coworkers, who assessed the anthropological and paleopathological features of 12 Chachapoyan mummies (Friedrich et al, 2010).…”

Discover the anatomy of the mummies: how imaging techniques contribute to understanding disease in the past

“…Seventeen records evaluated chronic, infectious, or neoplastic diseases. Cardiovascular diseases were demonstrated in 10 studies (Allam et al, 2011;Chandrashekhar and Narula, 2011;Thompson et al, 2013Thompson et al, , 2014Clarke et al, 2014;Wann and Thomas, 2014;Wann et al, 2015;Gabrovsky et al, 2016;Panzer et al, 2021;Herrerín et al, 2022), while 7 (Friedrich et al, 2010;Hussein et al, 2013;Lacout et al, 2016aLacout et al, , 2016bHerrerin et al, 2018;Ventura et al, 2021) assessed the aforementioned pathological conditions. Today, CVD represents the leading cause of death worldwide in both men and women, accounting for at least one-third of all deaths in women and half of deaths in women over 50 years in developing countries (Vaccarezza et al, 2020).…”

“…The association of atherosclerosis and osteoarthritis was found to be comparable in prevalence to those reported in recent clinical studies, despite the low life expectancy and the different environments and lifestyles of the ancient Egyptians. More recently, studying an ancient female mummy, Herrerın and coworkers (Herrerín et al, 2022) reported the earliest known case of hemiparalysis due to a cerebral stroke, while in previous years the first paleopathological case of stroke was identified by Galassi and colleagues also thanks to CT scan imaging (Galassi et al, 2017, Nerlich et al, 2021. A case of osteoma was reported by Friedrich and coworkers, who assessed the anthropological and paleopathological features of 12 Chachapoyan mummies (Friedrich et al, 2010).…”

Incidence and dynamics of mobility device use among community‐dwelling older adults in the United States

“…The history of mobility devices stretches back thousands of years, as evidenced by artifacts such as a crutch‐like stick buried with an Egyptian mummy from the 25th Dynasty (744‐656 BC), 14 a cane held by an Italian Franciscan friar in a 16th century wooden painting, 15 and the first wheelchair appeared in an ancient Chinese stone engraving dated AD 525 16 . The first self‐propelled wheelchair was developed in Italy in the mid‐15th century, but it was not until 1814 that John Joseph Merlin (1735–1803) designed the prototype of the modern wheelchair used today 16 .…”

Discover the anatomy of the mummies: how imaging techniques contribute to understanding disease in the past

“…Seventeen records evaluated chronic, infectious, or neoplastic diseases. Cardiovascular diseases were demonstrated in 10 studies (Allam et al, 2011;Chandrashekhar and Narula, 2011;Thompson et al, 2013Thompson et al, , 2014Clarke et al, 2014;Wann and Thomas, 2014;Wann et al, 2015;Gabrovsky et al, 2016;Panzer et al, 2021;Herrerín et al, 2022), while 7 (Friedrich et al, 2010;Hussein et al, 2013;Lacout et al, 2016aLacout et al, , 2016bHerrerin et al, 2018;Ventura et al, 2021) assessed the aforementioned pathological conditions. Today, CVD represents the leading cause of death worldwide in both men and women, accounting for at least one-third of all deaths in women and half of deaths in women over 50 years in developing countries (Vaccarezza et al, 2020).…”

“…The association of atherosclerosis and osteoarthritis was found to be comparable in prevalence to those reported in recent clinical studies, despite the low life expectancy and the different environments and lifestyles of the ancient Egyptians. More recently, studying an ancient female mummy, Herrerın and coworkers (Herrerín et al, 2022) reported the earliest known case of hemiparalysis due to a cerebral stroke, while in previous years the first paleopathological case of stroke was identified by Galassi and colleagues also thanks to CT scan imaging (Galassi et al, 2017, Nerlich et al, 2021. A case of osteoma was reported by Friedrich and coworkers, who assessed the anthropological and paleopathological features of 12 Chachapoyan mummies (Friedrich et al, 2010).…”

Incidence and dynamics of mobility device use among community‐dwelling older adults in the United States

“…The history of mobility devices stretches back thousands of years, as evidenced by artifacts such as a crutch‐like stick buried with an Egyptian mummy from the 25th Dynasty (744‐656 BC), 14 a cane held by an Italian Franciscan friar in a 16th century wooden painting, 15 and the first wheelchair appeared in an ancient Chinese stone engraving dated AD 525 16 . The first self‐propelled wheelchair was developed in Italy in the mid‐15th century, but it was not until 1814 that John Joseph Merlin (1735–1803) designed the prototype of the modern wheelchair used today 16 .…”

Discover the anatomy of the mummies: how imaging techniques contribute to understanding disease in the past

“…Seventeen records evaluated chronic, infectious, or neoplastic diseases. Cardiovascular diseases were demonstrated in 10 studies (Allam et al, 2011;Chandrashekhar and Narula, 2011;Thompson et al, 2013Thompson et al, , 2014Clarke et al, 2014;Wann and Thomas, 2014;Wann et al, 2015;Gabrovsky et al, 2016;Panzer et al, 2021;Herrerín et al, 2022), while 7 (Friedrich et al, 2010;Hussein et al, 2013;Lacout et al, 2016aLacout et al, , 2016bHerrerin et al, 2018;Ventura et al, 2021) assessed the aforementioned pathological conditions. Today, CVD represents the leading cause of death worldwide in both men and women, accounting for at least one-third of all deaths in women and half of deaths in women over 50 years in developing countries (Vaccarezza et al, 2020).…”

“…The association of atherosclerosis and osteoarthritis was found to be comparable in prevalence to those reported in recent clinical studies, despite the low life expectancy and the different environments and lifestyles of the ancient Egyptians. More recently, studying an ancient female mummy, Herrerın and coworkers (Herrerín et al, 2022) reported the earliest known case of hemiparalysis due to a cerebral stroke, while in previous years the first paleopathological case of stroke was identified by Galassi and colleagues also thanks to CT scan imaging (Galassi et al, 2017, Nerlich et al, 2021. A case of osteoma was reported by Friedrich and coworkers, who assessed the anthropological and paleopathological features of 12 Chachapoyan mummies (Friedrich et al, 2010).…”

Incidence and dynamics of mobility device use among community‐dwelling older adults in the United States

“…The history of mobility devices stretches back thousands of years, as evidenced by artifacts such as a crutch‐like stick buried with an Egyptian mummy from the 25th Dynasty (744‐656 BC), 14 a cane held by an Italian Franciscan friar in a 16th century wooden painting, 15 and the first wheelchair appeared in an ancient Chinese stone engraving dated AD 525 16 . The first self‐propelled wheelchair was developed in Italy in the mid‐15th century, but it was not until 1814 that John Joseph Merlin (1735–1803) designed the prototype of the modern wheelchair used today 16 .…”