title: [The oldest treated bone fracture in Croatia--130,000 years ago].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Numerous hypotheses canibalismus on the cause of Neanderthal death have been proposed, including injury and inappropriate medical trreatment. We aimed to determine the etiology and pathogenesis of the Neanderthal by comparison of historical information with current clinicopathologic knowledge.
  
  
  METHODS
  Evaluation of Neanderthal bones, original Dragutin Gorjanovic reports, and of historical documents. The clinicopathologic data from 135,000-year-old bones were used for comparison with the Mans bones.
  
  
  METHODS
  Diagnostic x-ray procedure for fractured bones with Siemens x-rays.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our analysis suggested successful healing of the fractures of the clavicle, radial bone and cranial bone trauma. Neanderthals treated successfully fracture and wounds and amputated forearm with poor result.
authors: Zabok General Hospital, Zabok, Croatia. zrajkovic@net.hr
authors: Zoran
authors: Z
authors: Rajković
authors: Vlasta
authors: V
authors: Krklec
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017523:Croatia; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy; D049690:History, Ancient; D015186:Hominidae; D006801:Humans; D010164:Paleopathology