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Re: diseases and immunity (TB addendum)
Mary Beth Williams (mbwillia@ix.netcom.com(Mary)
10 Jul 1996 01:29:39 GMT
In <4ruo1k$enh@news.sdd.hp.com> geroldf@sdd.hp.com (Gerold Firl)
writes:
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>In article <4rug8v$9sf@sjx-ixn3.ix.netcom.com>,
mbwillia@ix.netcom.com(Mary Beth Williams) writes:
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>|> In <4ru3hs$bdj@news.sdd.hp.com> geroldf@sdd.hp.com (Gerold Firl)
>|> writes:
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>|> >Mcneill does mention something like this, discussing a group of
>|> >"canadian indians" on their first exposure to TB. He doesn't say
when
>|> >it happened; I assumed 19th century. He does say that at first
>|> >exposure, the infection looked totally unlike TB; not only were
the
>|> >internal organs attacked, but also the spinal meninges. By the
third
>|> >generation, the infection settled down into the familiar pulmonary
>|> >pattern.
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>|> As a fizzy note, the claim that an attack on the spine (vertebral
>|> tuberculosis) is found only in American Indian populations is
>|> completely erroneous. As Ortner and Putschar note, *Vertebral
>|> tuberculosis is, is practically all of the clinical and autopsy
series,
>|> the most common and characteristic lesion.* (p. 145) This is true
in
>|> all ethnicities, not only Native Americans.
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>Sorry, the my statement should not be interpreted as a claim that only
>indians suffered vertebral lesions due to TB. Mcneill stated that
>symptoms of tubercular *meningitis* were observed.
So that I don't erroneously accuse MacNeill of making inappropriate
assertions, could you please provide a more detailed citation
(including page number.) It seems, once again, that you're claiming
that either autopsies were performed on these *Canadian Indians* in
*remote regions* during the 19th century, or that tubercular
*meningitis* (an infection of the *meniges*, which do not make the
transition from *wet* to *dry* intact) is visible in the skeletal
record.
Which is it?
MB Williams
Dept. of Anthro., UMass-Amherst
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