"Bone remains from a common grave pit from the ..." Topic

…Battle of Austerlitz.

"During archaeological research (1994) at Jiríkovice (near Austerlitz, Czech Republic), a common grave pit with human skeletal remains of at least 22 individuals was discovered. Objects accompanying the find allowed the dating of skeletal remains to the period of the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805. On the basis of anthropological criteria, 18 of the skeletons discovered were male, 2 were female, and 2 belonged to subadult individuals. The age of the men ranged between 20 and 40 years, one of the women was 20-25 years old, while the other was 30-40, and the estimated age of the subadult individual was about 17. Body height of the men ranged between 166.8 cm and 178.6 cm. Signs of war injuries and therapeutic interventions of the time were undoubtedly the most interesting findings in the bones of the studied sample. One interesting finding of a gun-shot lesion that left traces on the bones was the injury to the first thoracic vertebra in an adult, while another of a typical gun-shot injury was a serious unhealed splintered fracture of the femoral body of the right femur of an adult man. Given the location and character of both injuries, the two cases were definitely fatal ones. The therapeutic interventions of the time are represented by war-time amputations of long bones of the lower limbs. One of them was the amputation of the distal part of the right femur of an adult man; further findings included two amputations of tibiae of adult men. Due to the rapid retreat of the defeated allied armies, it is highly probable that these surgical interventions were performed also by french physicians under the leadership of J.D. Larrey, the chief surgeon of Napoleon's army…"
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Armand

Interesting article Armand, thanks for posting. I guess being a doctor you're interested in such matters?

Glad you enjoyed it my good friend!.

I'm Doctor but not a medical one… I have two PHD, one in International Law and the other in Foreing Commerce…

So, I'm mostly a lawer than a medicine doctor… (smile).

Hey!… but I made a first aid curse… (smile).

Amicalement
Armand

I was thinking 18 soldiers, 2 cantinieres and 2 drummers, but I guess a 17 year old could have been asoldier too.

It is a funny thing….but in UK very few of those who practice medicine are actually "Doctors". An MD is unusual in those who practice medicine, here.

It gets worse. It is all to do with Henry VIII, but when you become a Kosher surgeon, you drop the UK title of Doctor (to which you were never entitled anyway) and become Mr (it is a source of pride….it was 40 years ago and I recall it so well…..I have been Mr ever since……….except on my credit card or hotel booking…….!)