Resumen de Computed tomography of mummified human remains in old Finnish churches: a case study the mummified remains of a 17th-century vicar revisited

Tiina Väre, Juho-Antti Juno, Jaako Niinimaki, Makku Niskanen

• español

  Los restos humanos momificados se han conservado bien en las frías y ventiladas criptas de las iglesias finlandesas, lugares populares de enterramiento para la élite a comienzos de la época moderna. Se presentan aquí los resultados de un estudio de tomografía computarizada de los restos del párroco de Keminmaa de principios del siglo XVII. Examinamos la conservación de sus restos e hicimos varios hallazgos patológicos; las causas de estos últimos tuvieron posiblemente un impacto severo en su salud. Él era un gran hombre que logró relativa longevidad para la época en la que vivió, a pesar de que sufría de enfermedades relacionadas con la obesidad. Detectamos también posibles indicios de tuberculosis, por ejemplo, su columna vertebral sufrió cambios inflamatorios.

• English

  Mummified human remains have been preserved in the cool, well-ventilated crypts of old Finnish churches, which were popular burial sites among the elite of the early modern period. Here, the authors present the results of a computed tomography study of the remains of an early 17th-century vicar of Keminmaa. They examined the preservation of his remains and made several pathological findings; the causes of the latter possibly had a severe impact on his health. He was a large man who achieved relative longevity for his time, although he suffered from conditions related to obesity. There were also potential indications of tuberculosis. Inflammatory changes, for example, had afflicted his spine.