Pneumonia in antiquity: a comparison between two preantibiotic population samples from northern Chile and the United States
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2008
- handle: 10670/1.2i3214
- 0716-1182
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Chungara, Revista de Antropología Chilena
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Arthur C. Aufderheide et al., « Pneumonia in antiquity: a comparison between two preantibiotic population samples from northern Chile and the United States », Chungara, Revista de Antropología Chilena, ID : 10670/1.2i3214
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"This study is an effort to establish the contribution that pneumonia made to the causes of death in antiquity in the Andean coastal region of northern Chile. In addition, results were compared with modern populations from the 1920s, before effective therapy was widely available for this disease. A group of 197 spontaneously ("naturally") desiccated, mummified human remains from South America's western coast between about 19 to 21 degrees South Latitude (South Central Andes) was examined. The status of pathological, desiccated lungs was classified into the categories of normal and acute pneumonia on the basis of gross examination. The percentage of deaths (all ages) due to pneumonia in these mummies was 22.3% compared to the 10.1% (p =