An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

15961 entries, 13944 authors and 1935 subjects. Updated: March 22, 2024

RUFFER, Sir Marc Armand

2 entries
  • 2320

Pott’sche Krankheit an einer ägyptischen Mumie.

Giessen: A. Töpelmann, 1910.

The fact that tuberculosis was present among the ancient Egyptians was proved when Elliot Smith and Ruffer described a genuine case of Pott’s disease in a mummy of 1000 B.C.E.



Subjects: INFECTIOUS DISEASE › Tuberculosis, PATHOLOGY › Paleopathology
  • 2312.2

Studies in the palaeopathology of Egypt. Edited by Roy Lee Moodie.

Chicago, IL: University Press, 1921.

A collection of papers published previously in various journals. Ruffer spent many years in Egypt in the study of palaeopathology. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.



Subjects: PATHOLOGY › Paleopathology