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2 entries match Americas (non-U.S.) [Z01.107] · Anatomy & Pathology [G02.149 / C23] · Professions & Education [M01 / N02]
1867 CE
#7704
Cas singulier de trépanation chez le Incas.
Broca attributed a defect in an ancient Peruvian skull to antemortem trepanation; prior to this paleopathologists and paleoanthropologists were unaware that the Incas practiced trepanation.
1839 CE
#201
Crania Americana; or, A comparative view of the skulls of various aboriginal nations of North and South America. To which is prefixed an essay on the varieties of the human species.
In his day Morton was the most eminent craniologist in the United States. He had a collection of nearly 1,000 skulls. In this work, which described both modern and fossil skulls, Morton described fractures and anthrop…