01411nas a2200241   4500000000100000008004100001653001600042653002600058653001200084653003500096653003400131653001200165653000900177653001600186653001300202100001200215700001500227245013400242300001100376490000700387520076100394022001401155       2015                            d10aArchaeology10aHistory, 19th Century10aleprosy10aLupus Erythematosus, Cutaneous10aLupus Erythematosus, Systemic10aMummies10aPeru10aPhotography10aSyphilis1 aFarro M1 aPodgorny I00a"Pre-Columbian moulages". Huacos, Mummies and photographs in the international controversy over precolumbian diseases, 1894-1910.  a629-510 v273 a<p>By the late nineteenth century an international controversy arose referred to the probable existence of certain diseases such as leprosy, syphilis and lupus in pre-Columbian America. Led by the American physician Albert Sidney Ashmead (1850-1911), it brought together scholars from Europe and the Americas. In this context, certain types of Peruvian archaeological pottery and "mummies", along with series of photographs illustrating the effects of these diseases in contemporary patients, met a prominent role as comparative evidence. In this article we analyze how this type of collections were used as evidence in the debates about pathologies of the past, an issue that from a historical standpoint have received considerably little attention.</p>
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