rome and Eye-Diseases

Topics: Anatomy; Animals; Eye; Eye Diseases; Greece, Ancient; History, Ancient; Humans; Models, Biological; Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; Ophthalmology; Rome

Topics: Eye Diseases; History, 19th Century; History, 20th Century; History, Ancient; Humans; Ophthalmology; Rome; Spain

To analyze the clinical characteristics of patients with ocular prosthesis to assess the causes of eye loss in the different genders and age groups, and their incidence over the years.. We retrospectively examined the rates of ocular prosthesis application and related causes in the period from 1927 to 2011 in a referral center in Rome, Italy, and compared them over time. We also compared the results within the population in terms of age and gender.. Of 8018 ocular prosthesis wearers, 63% were males and 37% were females, with a mean age of 29 years. The most frequent cause of ocular prosthesis application was a traumatic event (54%), with work-related eye injuries being the most frequent single cause of ocular trauma reported. Other frequent causes were end-stage ocular diseases, tumors, and malformations, without significant differences in gender. Tumors and malformations showed a slight increasing trend over time, while end-stage ocular diseases and work-related injuries remained unchanged, and other traumatic events decreased.. The constantly high frequency of ocular prosthesis application for work-related injuries and end-stage ocular diseases suggests that preventive measures for these events have not been addressed accordingly, and might represent a neglected public-health issue.

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Age Distribution; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Child; Child, Preschool; Eye Diseases; Eye Injuries; Eye, Artificial; Female; Humans; Incidence; Infant; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasms; Retrospective Studies; Rome; Sex Distribution; Young Adult

A newly excavated Roman report, written in ink on wood, on the strength of the First Cohort of Tungrians at Vindolanda in northern Britain, registers 31 men unfit, 15 as sick, 6 as wounded, the remainder, 10, with eye-disease, 'lippientes'. The paper also comments on the prevalence of eye-disease in antiquity and some of the suggested causes thereof.

Topics: Eye Diseases; History, Ancient; Humans; Manuscripts, Medical as Topic; Ophthalmology; Rome; United Kingdom

Literary and archeological evidence for the achievements and progress of Roman ophthalmic science is reviewed. It appears that, by the end of the period under consideration, significant advances had been made in the diagnosis and treatment of a variety of ocular disorders, and in knowledge of ocular anatomy. However, in spite of their possession of skills of a high order in some aspects of glass technology and their familiarity with various aspects of geometrical optics, the Romans never developed optical aids to overcome refractive defects.

Topics: Archaeology; Eye; Eye Diseases; History, Ancient; Humans; Manuscripts, Medical as Topic; Ophthalmology; Rome; Surgical Instruments

Topics: Art; Eye Diseases; History of Medicine; Rome

Topics: Catholicism; Clergy; Eye Diseases; History, Medieval; Humans; Paris; Portugal; Rome

Topics: Aphasia; Central Nervous System Diseases; Eye Diseases; General Surgery; Geriatrics; Hemiplegia; History of Medicine; Humans; Joint Diseases; Necrosis; Parkinson Disease; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Rome; Ulcer

Topics: Conjunctiva; Entropion; Eye Diseases; Eye Neoplasms; Eyelashes; History, Ancient; Humans; Ophthalmology; Postoperative Care; Postoperative Complications; Pterygium; Rome; Trachoma