Rich table but short life: Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis in Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) and its possible consequences
(2018)
Journal Article
Kacki, S., Velemínský, P., Lynnerup, N., Kaupová, S., Lacoste Jeanson, A., Povýšil, C., …Brůžek, J. (2018). Rich table but short life: Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis in Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) and its possible consequences. PLoS ONE, 13(4), Article e0195920. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195920
The exhumation of Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546–1601) was performed in 2010 to verify speculative views on the cause of his death. Previous analyses of skeletal and hair remains recovered from his grave refuted the presumption that he died from... Read More about Rich table but short life: Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis in Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) and its possible consequences.