Identificación y determinación de causa mortis del individuo 46 del Cementeri del Puig de Morella (Ports, Castelló): Severino Martínez Salvador (original) (raw)

Abstract

We report the case of an individual from the emergency excavation conducted between 2005 and 2006 in the ancient cemetery of Morella, which was in use between 1812 and 1917. The excavation of several graves led to the exhumation of nearly 300 individuals. One of them, presented here, showed some lesions on the visceral surface of the ribs of both sides, from the third to the eleventh rib. These are proliferative lesions of periosteal growth or periostitis, of plaque-like morphology, related to pleural inflammation of infectious origin, compatible with pulmonary tuberculosis. Thanks to the clothing the individual was wearing, it was determined that he was a soldier in the Line Infantry Regiment of Vizcaya No. 54. The consultation of Military Parish registers of Plaza de Morella allowed to know his identity, as it was the only note by death of the regiment. It is also mentioned that the death was “...as a result of his illness...” This situation is certainly unique, since it is not frequent to identify the dead buried in 19th century cemeteries. By his birth certificate, it could be also confirmed the person’s age in relation to that estimated in the anthropological study.

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