"Royal" pediculosis in Renaissance Italy: lice in the mummy of the King of Naples Ferdinand II of Aragon (1467-1496)

被引：16

作者：

Fornaciari, Gino ^{[1
]}

Giuffra, Valentina ^{[1
]}

Marinozzi, Silvia ^{[3
]}

Picchi, Malayka Samantha ^{[2
]}

Masetti, Massimo ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Pisa, Dept Oncol Transplants & Adv Technol Med, Div Paleopathol Hist Med & Bioeth, I-56126 Pisa, Italy

[2] Univ Pisa, Dept Biol, Entomol Lab, I-56126 Pisa, Italy

[3] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dept Expt Med, Sect Hist Med, I-00185 Rome, Italy

来源：

MEMORIAS DO INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ | 2009年 / 104卷 / 04期

关键词：

Pediculus capitis; Pthirus pubis; mercury; Italy; XV century;

D O I：

10.1590/S0074-02762009000400026

中图分类号：

R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;

摘要：

Pediculosis seems to have afflicted humans since the most ancient times and lice have been found in several ancient human remains. Examination of the head hair and pubic hair of the artificial mummy of Ferdinand II of Aragon (1467-1496), King of Naples, revealed a double infestation with two different species of lice, Pediculus capitis, the head louse, and Pthirus pubis, the pubic louse. The hair samples were also positive for the presence of mercury, probably applied as an anti-pediculosis therapy. This is the first time that these parasites have been found in the hair of a king, demonstrating that even members of the wealthy classes in the Renaissance were subject to louse infestation.

引用

页码：671 / 672

页数：2

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