Mummy autopsy reveals earliest known case of liver parasite

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25 August 2017
Mummy autopsy reveals earliest known case of liver parasite


By Colin Barras

It might have been what the doctor ordered, but it didn’t do the patient much good. A 375-year-old mummified man discovered in South Korea had a parasitic liver infection caught by eating raw shellfish, which the man might have done on medical advice.

Jing Lee died in 1642 at the age of 63 and was buried in what is now Cheongdo. His body was remarkably well preserved when archaeologists unearthed it in 2014.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2145371-mummy-autopsy-reveals-earliest-known-case-of-liver-parasite/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news&campaign_id=RSS%7CNSNS-news