从筛状眶和多孔骨肥厚考察中国古代人骨上的贫血现象

On Pathological Traces of Anemia on Human Bones of Ancient China in the Light of Cribra Orbitalia and Porotic Hyperostosis

Cribra orbitalia is an osteological lesion that may be closely related to anemia owing to iron deficiency,and also to living environment and socio-economic factors.Many foreign studies have indicated that the incidence of this disease increased during the transition from hunting-and-gathering to farming societies due to changes in the subsistence pattern and increasing dependence on agriculture.The present paper makes an introduction to paleopathological research on ancient Chinese skeletal material,and discusses the relationship between disease prevalence and its various factors,such as those in sex,age,time period,geographic location and subsistence pattern.

Cribra orbitalia is an osteological lesion that may be closely related to anemia owing to iron deficiency, and also to living environment and socio-economie factors. Many foreign studies have indicated that the incidence of this disease increased during the transition from hunting-and-gathering to farming societies due to changes in the subsistence pattern and increasing dependence on agriculture. The present paper makes an introduction to paleopathological research on ancient Chinese skeletal material, and discusses the relationship between disease prevalence and its various factors, such as those in sex, age, time period, geographic location and subsistence pattern.