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Um esqueleto humano, que estava guardado e remetido ao esquecimento há várias décadas em arrecadações
do Hospital de Santa Marta, foi recentemente descoberto.
Certamente utilizado de forma didáctica no antigo Hospital Escolar que ali funcionou até 1953, o esqueleto
terá integrado a colecção do extinto Museu dos Hospitais Civis de Lisboa, tendo sido sucessivamente
guardado em outros espaços do hospital, após o encerramento daquele espaço museológico no final dos
anos 70.
Embora estejam ausentes alguns ossos, tratando-se de um esqueleto humano e não de um simples modelo,
considerou-se que poderia ser interessante efectuar a sua análise, tendo em vista apurar, como é
comum fazer-se com os esqueletos descobertos em escavações arqueológicas, dados biológicos sobre
esta inusitada descoberta. Por conseguinte, estimaram-se os perfis biológico e patológico deste indivíduo.
Trata-se de um homem adulto com cerca de 1,67 m de estatura, revelando apenas ligeiras alterações
degenerativas não articulares.
Kept and consigned to oblivion for several decades in Santa Marta Hospital (Lisbon), a human skeleton was recently discovered. Used for teaching purposes in the former Escolar Hospital (Hospital Escolar), which operated there until 1953, the skeleton would have been part of the collection of the extinct Museu dos Hospitais Civis de Lisboa; having been stored in other spaces of the hospital, after the closing of the museum in the end of the 70’s. Since that it is a real human skeleton and not a simple model, although some bones are missing, it was considered that it could be interesting to carry out its analysis, looking to ascertain biological data about this unusual discovery, as is commonly done for skeletons discovered in archaeological excavations. Therefore, we estimated the biological and pathological profiles of this individual, which is an adult male with approximately 1.67 m of height, displaying slight non-articular degenerative changes.
Kept and consigned to oblivion for several decades in Santa Marta Hospital (Lisbon), a human skeleton was recently discovered. Used for teaching purposes in the former Escolar Hospital (Hospital Escolar), which operated there until 1953, the skeleton would have been part of the collection of the extinct Museu dos Hospitais Civis de Lisboa; having been stored in other spaces of the hospital, after the closing of the museum in the end of the 70’s. Since that it is a real human skeleton and not a simple model, although some bones are missing, it was considered that it could be interesting to carry out its analysis, looking to ascertain biological data about this unusual discovery, as is commonly done for skeletons discovered in archaeological excavations. Therefore, we estimated the biological and pathological profiles of this individual, which is an adult male with approximately 1.67 m of height, displaying slight non-articular degenerative changes.
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Esqueleto Humano Perfil Biológico Paleopatologia Hospital Escolar
Citation
Entre vivos e mortos: Mar, rios, os vivos e a barca de Caronte Fragmentos de Arqueologia 5 2022: 97-106