A case of osteomyelitis variolosa from Roman Britain, and the introduction of smallpox to the Roman world
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DOI: 10.1017/s1047759424000357
Abstract: Abstract This article presents a case of osteomyelitis variolosa from a skeleton excavated in the Western Cemetery at Cirencester (Corinium) in Britain, dated to the 3rd or 4th c. CE. This osteological condition is caused… read more here.
Keywords: smallpox; osteomyelitis variolosa; roman; case osteomyelitis ... See more keywords