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The museum's mummies: an inside view.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11440442     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We applied medical and scientific methodology in a study of the mummies in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, New York, by computed tomographic scanning and other radiographic methods. These noninvasive procedures allow us to "unwrap" these mummies without unwrapping them. This is, in effect, technology transfer of routine diagnostic techniques used in medicine to Egyptology. After this noninvasive information-gathering procedure, the mummies are preserved intact for possible future investigations that may be more sophisticated and more informative. The data are presented and put into perspective by a review of pertinent literature.
Authors:
D T Mininberg
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Neurosurgery     Volume:  49     ISSN:  0148-396X     ISO Abbreviation:  Neurosurgery     Publication Date:  2001 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2001-07-06     Completed Date:  2001-11-01     Revised Date:  2005-11-16    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7802914     Medline TA:  Neurosurgery     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  192-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Animals
Birds
Cats
Child, Preschool
Egypt
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mummies / radiography*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

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