Aufderheide, Arthur Carl, 1922-2013

Dr Arthur Carl Aufderheide; BIRTH 9 Sep 1922, Brown County, Minnesota, USA; DEATH 9 Aug 2013 (aged 90)
Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA; Paleopathologist, pioneer in studies of disease in ancient civilizations
Professor and Dean University of Duluth Medical School, author, explorer, mentor. Preceded in death by his parents Herman and Esther.

obituary: Duluth 'Mummy Doctor' Aufderheide dies, August 14, 2013; Pathologist, explorer and "Mummy Doctor" Arthur Aufderheide died Friday in Duluth. He was 90.

The colorful character who moved to Duluth in 1953 to work at St. Mary's Hospital eventually entered a field of work he helped found, paleopathology, or the study of disease patterns in mummies. The work put him in all corners of the world with his wife, Mary, at his side and gained him international acclaim.

"My contribution to the field in general was to make other people aware that ... there is medical and anthropological information in mummies," Aufderheide told the News Tribune in 2008, the year he officially retired from the University of Minnesota Medical School in Duluth. He joined the school in 1972 ...