Paleopathology : an introduction to the study of ancient evidences of disease / by Roy L. Moodie.

  • Moodie, Roy Lee, 1880-1934.
Date:
1923
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Credit: Paleopathology : an introduction to the study of ancient evidences of disease / by Roy L. Moodie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Fossil bones exhibiting pathological lesions are fairly common in the collections of fossil vertebrates in America and Europe. The speci¬ mens, on which the following accounts of the most ancient diseases are based, have been studied in a number of American institutions, and several individuals have either given or loaned interesting specimens. The material in European institutions has been studied only through the literature. Mr. H. T. Martin, at the University of Kansas, has given the use of a large number of specimens, representing the mosasaurs and dinosaurs. Mr. E. S. Riggs, of the Field Museum of Natural History, has loaned material for study. The fractured and healed dinosaur rib, and the fractured tibia and fibula of an early carnivore are in his collections. Dr. S. W. Wiliiston, late director of the Walker Museum, University of Chicago, has loaned the interesting radius of a Permian reptile showing the type of ancient fracture. Dr. E. C. Case, of the University of Michigan, has loaned additional material from the Permian. Dr. R. S. Lull, of Yale University, has assisted in the study of the numerous le¬ sions contained in the Marsh collection of fossil vertebrates by photo¬ graphs and advice. At the American Museum of Natural History material of all kinds has been placed at my disposal and I am indebted to Dr. W. D. Matthew and Dr. W. K. Gregory for photographs. Dr. John M. Armstrong of St. Paul, Minnesota, presented the specimens of mosasaur vertebrae on which is preserved the unique osteoma. Mr. Harold Cook has loaned interesting fossil mammals. Dr. C. D. Walcott, of the Smithsonian Institution, has furnished the figures of the oldest known bacteria, and the material for Plates I- V. Dr. Charles Schuchert, of Yale University, has suggested the theoretical aspects of Paleopathology. Dr. R. S. Bassler, of the U. S. National Museum, furnished a photograph of the earliest tsetse fly, and has criticised the work on crinoid tumors. Dr. John C. Merriam, of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, has furnished data on the pathology of the Rancho la Brea fauna. Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, of the U. S. National Museum, has guided the search for pathological lesions among the early North American Indians, and has read most of the manu¬ script of those parts of the work dealing with ancient human races. Dr. Edward W. Berry, paleobotanist at Johns Hopkins University, has written the chapter on Paleophytopathology, Chapter III. Al¬ though the work in the book is a combination of all materials available, I am solely responsible for their arrangement and expression.