Leprosy Skull (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology

Leprosy Skull

Caption

Skeletal remains showing evidence of leprosy from the Odense St. Jørgen cemetery in Denmark, which was established in 1270 and existed until 1560.

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Dorthe Dangvard Pedersen

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