This paper reports on a study that aims to fill a niche within scientific illustration by developing a method whereby evidence of disease and trauma in archaeological human remains can be translated into a meaningful visual reconstruction of a diseased or physically impaired individual in life. A case study is presented, which involved reconstructing the rhino-maxillary effects of leprosy in an adult male. It is suggested that such reconstruction illustrations could have an important role in communicating ideas both to specialists and particularly to non-specialists, and may also be valuable as research tools in their own right.
BT - The Journal of audiovisual media in medicine C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14602559?dopt=Abstract DA - 2003 Sep DO - 10.1080/01405110310001608469 IS - 3 J2 - J Audiov Media Med LA - eng N2 -This paper reports on a study that aims to fill a niche within scientific illustration by developing a method whereby evidence of disease and trauma in archaeological human remains can be translated into a meaningful visual reconstruction of a diseased or physically impaired individual in life. A case study is presented, which involved reconstructing the rhino-maxillary effects of leprosy in an adult male. It is suggested that such reconstruction illustrations could have an important role in communicating ideas both to specialists and particularly to non-specialists, and may also be valuable as research tools in their own right.
PY - 2003 SP - 103 EP - 7 T2 - The Journal of audiovisual media in medicine TI - Reconstructing visual manifestations of disease from archaeological human remains. VL - 26 SN - 0140-511X ER -