Žemaitijos gyventojų ligos I-II tūkstantmetyje (po Kr.)

ENNearly 150 fragmentary skeletons from the 1st millenium ВС and 250 from the 2nd mill. BC have been examined from the paleopathological point of view. Traumatic lesions of the skulls (frequency for the 1st mill.: males 4.174-2.36%, females 1.92+1.90%, for the 2nd mill, correspondingly 3.51 + 1.72% (vault), 3.33 + 1.89% (face) and 0.00%) as well as postcranial skeletons, have been described in the report. Degenerative lesions of the joints affected males, and the right side joints more frequently. In the 1st mill, materials, a case of osteochondritis dissecans, probable case of tuberculous lesion of the skull, and senile osteoporosis were noted; in the 2nd mill., two cases of tuberculosis (one of them in a young male who suffered from craniostenosis and epiphyseolysis of both femoral heads), vertebral anomalies, a case of otosclerosis were found. A case of trephination also seems to be worth of attention. A conclusion was drawn that traumatic lesions in Samogitia in both millenia by no means were not more frequent than in other regions of Lithuania; degenerative joint diseases more frequently affected males, which, taking into account the character of traumatism, could prove sexual differences in the way of life; incidence of tuberculosis both in the 1st and 2nd millenia BC should be also noted.