Acute traumatic death of a 17th century general based on examination of mummified remains found in Korea
Acute traumatic death of a 17th century general based on examination of mummified remains found in Korea
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DOI：
10.1016/j.aanat.2009.02.006
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发表时间：
2009-01-01
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Shin, Dong Hoon
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作者：
Lee, In Sun;Lee, Eun-Joo;Shin, Dong Hoon
最近，我们检查了在韩国发现的保存最完好的朝鲜王朝（1392-1910）木乃伊之一。这个人是一位上了年纪的老人，也是一位高级将领。他生活在16或17世纪的朝鲜。当计算机断层扫描（CT） x线片时，观察到左侧下颌骨骨折时间。颅裂后解剖也为死因提供了重要线索。首先，骨折部位仍然有明显的血凝块，表明下颌骨骨折是在死前发生的。其次，我们还发现粪便只存在于乙状结肠或直肠，而没有出现在胃、小肠或结肠中。这告诉我们，我们的受试者在最后两天没有吃任何东西（尽管没有迹象表明他在这段时间内进食有任何困难）。因此，我们推测该病例可能不是慢性或消耗性疾病，而是猝死病例。凭借参与这项研究的研究人员的各种专长，我们能够为我们的17世纪木乃伊主题拼凑出一个部分非常清晰，部分非常可信的故事。考虑到在时间土壤混合屏障（LSMB）墓穴中发现的遗骸和文物的高度保存，以及从历史文献中获得的丰富补充信息，在未来的日子里，类似的成功研究是有希望的。(c) 2009 Elsevier GmbH版权所有。
Recently, we examined one of the most perfectly preserved mummies of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) ever found in Korea. The individual was an elderly man and a high-ranking general. who had lived sometime during the 16th or 17th century in Korea. When computerized tomography (CT) radiographs were taken, a fracture tine was observed on the left side of the mandible. A post-factum dissection also provided crucial clues to the cause of death. First of all, blood clots were stilt evident at the fracture site, indicating that the mandibular fracture had occurred just before death. Second, we also found feces exclusively in the sigmoid colon or rectum, but not in the stomach, small intestine or colon. This told us that our subject had not eaten anything during his final 2 days (even though there was no indication that he would have had any difficulty eating during that time). Therefore, we presume that this case might not be one of chronic or wasting disease, but rather a case of sudden death. By virtue of the varied specialties of the researchers involved in this study, we were able to piece together a partly very clear and partly very plausible story for our 17th century mummy subject. Considering the high level of preservation of remains and artifacts found in time soil mixture barrier (LSMB) tombs, not to mention the rich supplementary information available from historical documents, similarly successful studies are promised in forthcoming days and years. (c) 2009 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.