00000cmm a22000008i 4500 UP-99796217612631970 Buklod 20171104163151.0 a r |||| u| ta 090512s1995 enk o u eng|d 9780511552182 (ebook) (iLib)UPD-00344414696 DML eng DMLUC R 134.8 W427 1995eb Webb, Stephen author. Palaeopathology of aboriginal Australians [electronic resource] health and disease across a hunter-gatherer continent Stephen Webb. Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1995. 1 online resource (xii, 324 pages) digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 1. Introduction -- 2. Australian palaeopathology, survey methods, samples and ethnohistoric sources -- 3. Upper Pleistocene pathology of Sunda and Sahul: some possibilities -- 4. Pathology in late Pleistocene and early Holocene Australian hominids -- 5. Stress -- 6. Infectious disease -- 7. Osteoarthritis -- 8. Trauma -- 9. Neoplastic disease -- 10. Congenital malformations -- 11. Motupore: the palaeopathology of a prehistoric New Guinea island community -- 12. The old and the new: Australia's changing patterns of health. IP-based subscription, access limited to within on-campus computer network. Access via Electronic Resources of the UPD University Library Website. While their health has suffered enormously because of the arrival of the Europeans, it is assumed that Aboriginal people enjoyed good health before 1788. Using data collected from all parts of the continent, this 1995 book studies the health of Australia's original inhabitants over 50,000 years. It represents the first continental survey of its kind and is the first to quantify and describe key aspects of Australian hunter-gatherer health. The book takes a theoretical approach to Upper Pleistocene regional epidemiology and presents empirical data of the health of late Pleistocene and Holocene populations. Major categories of disease described are: stress, osteoarthritis, fractures, congenital deformations, neoplasms and non-specific and treponemal infections. The author also describes surgical techniques used by Aboriginal people. Offering fresh insight into the study of Australian prehistory and Aboriginal culture, this book will be accessible to specialists and general readers alike. It illuminates the origins of human disease, and will fill a gap in our knowledge of health in the Australasian region. Electronic books. Paleopathology Australia. Aboriginal Australians Health and hygiene. Cambridge Books Online (Online service). Available for University of the Philippines System via Cambridge Books Online. Click here to access https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511552182 (viewed 9 November 2017) FO Monograph UPD DMLS R 134.8 W427 1995eb Electronic Resource