A severe traffic accident--250 years ago. Medical history presentation

During a scientific examination in July 1999 both crypts below the St. Martin's Church in Grünstadt, Germany, were opened and 9 coffins from the county family of Leiningen examined. This paper is concentrating on one of these persons: Georg Hermann (1679-1751), count of Leiningen-Westerburg-Alt...

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Published in:Anthropologischer Anzeiger 2002-09, Vol.60 (3), p.309-319
Main Authors: Herrmann, G, Holck, P, Wilhelm, H
Format: Article
Language:ger
Subjects:
Accidents, Traffic
Ankle Injuries - history
Famous Persons
Germany
Hermann
History, 18th Century
Humans
Leg Length Inequality - history
Male
Tibial Fractures - history
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Summary:During a scientific examination in July 1999 both crypts below the St. Martin's Church in Grünstadt, Germany, were opened and 9 coffins from the county family of Leiningen examined. This paper is concentrating on one of these persons: Georg Hermann (1679-1751), count of Leiningen-Westerburg-Altleiningen, who gave during the 18. century the city its barock character. He was also responsible for the rebuilding of the church. His skeleton revealed interesting pathological changes. Few years before his death the count had the accident to get run over by a heavy wagon which crushed the distal part of his legs. The fractures healed, but gave him an ancylotic and shortened left leg, which must have caused him a lot of suffering in his last years.
ISSN:0003-5548