| [contribution of palaeopathology to defining the pathocoenosis of infectious diseases (part two)]. | in the second part of their review the authors focus on palaeopathological studies, performed in mummified tissues, with reference to infectious diseases. the analysis of samples obtained from both natural and artificial mummies may provide, in some favourable events, a more complete knowledge of these findings in comparison to information obtained from only comprehensive examination of the skeleton. the acquired data enable us to understand not only the diseases which afflicted mankind, but als ... | 2009 | 19359827 |