A Unique Case of Stroke and Upper Limb Paralysis in a Mid-18th Century Natural Mummy

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¹ From the Institute of Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland (F.M.G., M.E.H., F.J.R.); Department of Archaeology, School of Humanities and Creative Art, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia (M.E.H.); and School of Medical History, Medical and Dental Association of the Province of Rimini, Italy (S.D.C.). francesco.galassi@iem.uzh.ch.
² From the Institute of Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland (F.M.G., M.E.H., F.J.R.); Department of Archaeology, School of Humanities and Creative Art, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia (M.E.H.); and School of Medical History, Medical and Dental Association of the Province of Rimini, Italy (S.D.C.).

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Francesco M Galassi et al. Circ Res. 2017.

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. 2017 Aug 4;121(4):338-340.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.117.311427.

¹ From the Institute of Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland (F.M.G., M.E.H., F.J.R.); Department of Archaeology, School of Humanities and Creative Art, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia (M.E.H.); and School of Medical History, Medical and Dental Association of the Province of Rimini, Italy (S.D.C.). francesco.galassi@iem.uzh.ch.
² From the Institute of Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland (F.M.G., M.E.H., F.J.R.); Department of Archaeology, School of Humanities and Creative Art, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia (M.E.H.); and School of Medical History, Medical and Dental Association of the Province of Rimini, Italy (S.D.C.).

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Keywords: cerebrovascular disease; death; history of medicine; mummy; stroke.

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