A case of eye disease (Lippitudo) on the Roman frontier in Britain

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-...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Documenta ophthalmologica 1992-01, Vol.81 (1), p.111-119
1. Verfasser:	Birley, A R
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Eye Diseases - history History of medicine History, Ancient Humans Manuscripts, Medical as Topic - history Ophthalmology - history Rome United Kingdom
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	0012-4486 1573-2622
DOI:	10.1007/BF00155021