Roman ophthalmology. A glimpse of our distant past |
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| Authors: | B Ellerhorst G W Cibis |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Université de Paris, Laboratoire Thermique Interfaces Environnement (LTIE), EA 4415, Département GTE, 50, Rue de Sèvres, F-92410 Ville d''Avray, France;2. University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, ENEDI Research Group, Department of Thermal Engineering, Plaza Europa 1, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain;3. University of Bath, Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK;4. University of Brighton, Lewes Road, Brighton, BN1 5EL, UK;1. School of Mechanical, Electronic and Control Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, PR China;2. School of Mathematics and Computational Science, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, PR China;3. College of Engineering, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, PR China |
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| Abstract: | Ophthalmic artifacts from a house destroyed in 275 A.D. and recently excavated in Schwarzenacker, W. Germany, are described and illustrated. The reconstructed house of ophthalmologist, Sextus Ajacius Launus, and its contents provides a fascinating glimpse of ophthalmology as practiced nearly 17 centuries ago in the Roman Empire. |
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