Bones

Dr. Andrea Piccioli is an orthopaedic surgeon skilled in musculoskeletal oncology, trained at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York. He is the Secretary of Italian Society of Orthopedic and Traumatology (S.I.O.T.) and the Coordinator of the Working Group on Bone Metastasis of the Italian Society. He works as Orthopedic Oncologist Consultant in "Palazzo Baleani" Oncologic Unit of Policlinico Umberto I in Rome. He is the author of several scientific papers in the field of orthopaedic oncology and traumatology and also responsible for S.I.O.T. National Guidelines on Orthopaedic oncology. His main interests are on musculoskeletal Oncology and bone metastasis. Dr. Paola Catalano is an anthropologist,working at The Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici, peripheral organ of the Ministry of Culture with the institutional task of protecting, conserving and valorising the architectural and landscape heritage in the territory of competence.

Part I: 1 The study of ancient bone remains.- 2 Study and data description.- Part II: 3 Traumatic pathologies.- 4 Joint degenerative pathologies.- 5 Oncologic pathologies.- 6 Infective and Metabolic Diseases.

"This new book ... presents the results of analysis of over 1800 cases of bone pathology recovered from a recent archaeological excavation outside Rome. ... The studies from the Italian group shed light on medicine in early Rome and the scholarly well researched and illustrated volume is an important contribution to palaeopathological studies and will be of interest to a wide audience including medical historians. All the contributors should be congratulated in producing this fine work of scholarship." (Arpan K. Banerjee, The British Society for the History of Radiology, BSHR, bshr.org.uk, July, 2016)

"This a charming book, and will be of considerable value to anyone interested in Roman medicine and orthopaedic radiology. ... I love this book. I came away with an awareness of the common humanity of all of us, and these bones from imperial Rome have conditions that we would see on our reporting lists today. In particular the book would make an ideal present for anyone interested in Roman history and in bones." (Dr. Adrian Thomas, RAD Magazine, July, 2016)

“This new book … presents the results of analysis of over 1800 cases of bone pathology recovered from a recent archaeological excavation outside Rome. ... The studies from the Italian group shed light on medicine in early Rome and the scholarly well researched and illustrated volume is an important contribution to palaeopathological studies and will be of interest to a wide audience including medical historians. All the contributors should be congratulated in producing this fine work of scholarship.” (Arpan K. Banerjee, The British Society for the History of Radiology, BSHR, bshr.org.uk, July, 2016)“This a charming book, and will be of considerable value to anyone interested in Roman medicine and orthopaedic radiology. … I love this book. I came away with an awareness of the common humanity of all of us, and these bones from imperial Rome have conditions that we would see on our reporting lists today. In particular the book would make an ideal present for anyone interested in Roman history and in bones.” (Dr. Adrian Thomas, RAD Magazine, July, 2016)