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Charlier P, Augias A, Benmoussa N, Rainsard P, Froesch P, Richardin P, Froment A, Bianucci R, Appenzeller O, Perciaccante A, Lippi D, Prades L. The mandible of Saint-Louis (1270 AD): Retrospective diagnosis and circumstances of death. JOURNAL OF STOMATOLOGY, ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY 2019; 121:172-174. [PMID: 31185300 DOI: 10.1016/j.jormas.2019.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2019] [Revised: 05/19/2019] [Accepted: 05/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Recent paleopathological cases have shown the usefulness of interdisciplinary odontological studies in the investigation of historical figures. OBSERVATION A macroscopic examination of the mandible of Saint-Louis (13th c. AD), conserved in the cathedral of Notre-Dame (Paris, France) was carried out, and compared with biographical data about the life and death of the King, and contemporaneous cases of infectious/inflammatory diseases. We found post-mortem tooth loss associated with moderate signs of infectious and inflammatory diseases, which precise diagnoses are discussed facing historical chronicles and sources: main diagnosis is scurvy, potentially associated with bacterial infection. DISCUSSION Our results support the identification of the relics, and improve the knowledge about the saint's circumstances of death related to metabolic deficiencies and infections.
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Affiliation(s)
- P Charlier
- Musée du quai Branly-Jacques-Chirac, 222, rue de l'Université, 75007 Paris, France; UVSQ (DANTE Laboratory, EA 4498), UFR of Health Sciences, 2, avenue de la Source de la Bièvre, 78180 Montigny-Le-Bretonneux, France.
| | - A Augias
- UVSQ (DANTE Laboratory, EA 4498), UFR of Health Sciences, 2, avenue de la Source de la Bièvre, 78180 Montigny-Le-Bretonneux, France
| | - N Benmoussa
- UVSQ (DANTE Laboratory, EA 4498), UFR of Health Sciences, 2, avenue de la Source de la Bièvre, 78180 Montigny-Le-Bretonneux, France
| | - P Rainsard
- UVSQ (DANTE Laboratory, EA 4498), UFR of Health Sciences, 2, avenue de la Source de la Bièvre, 78180 Montigny-Le-Bretonneux, France
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- Centre de restauration et de recherche des musées de France, Paris, France
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- National Museum of Natural History, Paris, France
| | - R Bianucci
- Legal Medicine Section, Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, Italy
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- New Mexico Health Enhancement and Marathon Clinics Research Foundation, 361, Big Horn Ridge Dr. NE, Albuquerque, NM, USA; New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801, Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, USA
| | - A Perciaccante
- Department of Medicine, "San Giovanni di Dio" Hospital, Gorizia, Italy
| | - D Lippi
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Italy
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- Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, Paris, France
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