Bones of Great Hunger dead show they suffered from fractures, bacterial infections, chronic diseases and signs of malnutrition. The bleak discoveries of the Irish Famine dead give an insight into the lives of these 14 people from the mid-1800s and their fatal health issues..
Fractures, bacterial infections, chronic diseases, and signs of malnutrition provide a window into the lives of Irish migrants in the mid 1800s, said bio-archaeologist Marine Puech at Boucherville lab Ethnoscop.