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I am confused why this appears on NIH.gov
by Dr_Birdbrain 2y ago
I am confused why this appears on NIH.gov
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- lgessler 2y agoA division of the NIH (NCBI) maintains a repository of open access publications in life sciences called PubMed Central (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PubMed_Central https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PubMed_Central) and this article was in a qualifying journal.
- vlark 2y agoSpecifically, this journal: https://mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/actabiomedica https://mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/actabiomedica
- troymc 2y agoOne of the proposed explanations was that lots of people actually had fingers which naturally posed like that, which, if true, would be of interest to people in biomedicine. The paper was published in Acta Biomedica, an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research articles, reviews, and case reports in the field of biomedical sciences. It then got slurped into various journal indices and online libraries, including the National Library of Medicine at the NIH.
- zoomablemind 2y agoSyndactyly is a medical condition; paintings seemingly display this as being more prevalent than reported in medical records of the time. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syndactyly https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syndactyly