A Systematic Approach to the Application of Soft Tissue Histopathology in Paleopathology

Figure 7

Subcutaneous tissue from the Iceman “Ötzi.” (a) The well-preserved fat tissue is separated by a fresh bleeding zone. (b) More on detail, the bleeding zone shows on special staining (Prussian blue) the remnants of haemosiderin-positive macrophages (blue) indicating a survival period of several days ante mortem (original magnification: (a) ×150; (b) ×300; (a): H&E; (b): Prussian blue stain).

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