Skeleton showing the effects of leprosy

Made:
1250-1500 in Denmark

Skeleton, mature female, showing the effects of leprosy, from a medieval Danish leprosy cemetery, reputedly c.1350

Details

Category:
Anatomy & Pathology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A635011
Materials:
bone and complete
type:
human remains and skeleton
credit:
Wellcome Trust

Parts

Mature female skull with mandible

Mature female skull with mandible

Skull with mandible and vomer, showing effects of leprosy, from a medieval Danish leprosy cemetery, now in St. Jorgen's churchyard, reputedly c.1350, discovered 1930-1967

Materials:
bone and human remains
Object Number:
A635011/2
type:
human remains and skeleton
Bones, section of skeleton showing effects of leprosy

Bones, section of skeleton showing effects of leprosy

Arm, leg, pelvis, right and left hands, vertebrae, shoulder blades, kneecaps, collar bones, ribs and miscellaneous small bones from a mature female skeleton showing the effects of leprosy, from a medieval Danish leprosy cemetery, reputedly c.1350

Materials:
bone
Object Number:
A635011/3
type:
human remains and skeleton