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Mary Rose's crew was riddled with rickets

17 December 2014

A study led by Dr Jemma Kerns and Professor Allen Goodship (UCL Orthopaedics & Musculoskeletal Science) has used Raman spectroscopy to analyse the chemical composition of bones from sailors in the Mary Rose and found that rickets may have been prevalent throughout the crew. Read: Daily Mail, More: BBC News, The Economist, The News, Listen: BBC Radio Wales 'Good Morning Wales' (from 2 hours 54 mins)