Discussions to whether the symptoms described by medieval medical records really were the signs of syphilis. Could Columbus and his crew really have started the spread of the disease in Europe?
7 October 2009, 12:26 am
Transcript -- What was the Great Pox?
Transcript -- Discussions to whether the symptoms described by medieval medical records really were the signs of syphilis. Could Columbus and his crew really have started the spread of the disease in Europe?
7 October 2009, 12:26 am
4 minutes 38 seconds
The bones of Rivenhall women
Dr Simon Mays discovers a 600 year old diseased skeleton from a church yard in Essex. Will the bones of Rivenhall women show signs that treponemal disease was in Europe prior to the voyage of Columbus?
7 October 2009, 12:25 am
Transcript -- The bones of Rivenhall women
Transcript -- Dr Simon Mays discovers a 600 year old diseased skeleton from a church yard in Essex. Will the bones of Rivenhall women show signs that treponemal disease was in Europe prior to the voyage of Columbus?
7 October 2009, 12:25 am
4 minutes 45 seconds
Extracting DNA from ancient bone
Dr Piers Mitchell an orthopaedic surgeon and medical historian looks at which types of diseases Rivenhall women was likely to be carrying. Meanwhile Ms Abi Bouwman an biomolecular archaeologist is looking at new ways of detecting treponemal DNA in ancient bone.
7 October 2009, 12:24 am
Transcript -- Extracting DNA from ancient bone
Transcript -- Dr Piers Mitchell an orthopaedic surgeon and medical historian looks at which types of diseases Rivenhall women was likely to be carrying. Meanwhile Ms Abi Bouwman an biomolecular archaeologist is looking at new ways of detecting treponemal DNA in ancient bone.
7 October 2009, 12:24 am
3 minutes 25 seconds
Treatment for syphilis
Dr Sheila Lukehart talks about how syphilis has shown little resistance to the basic antibiotics we use to fight it, mainly penicillin.
7 October 2009, 12:23 am
Transcript -- Treatment for syphilis
Transcript -- Dr Sheila Lukehart talks about how syphilis has shown little resistance to the basic antibiotics we use to fight it, mainly penicillin.
7 October 2009, 12:23 am
4 minutes 22 seconds
The results of Rivenhall women's test
Ms Abi Bouwman reports on the results of the Rivenhall women's DNA tests.