Abstract
AbstractThis short note attempts to shed light on some of the surgical procedures referred to in Martial's epigram 10.56 by consulting pertinent Graeco-Roman medical texts. A fuller understanding of one such intervention (treatment of infected/inflamed uvula) supports Martial's text as transmitted.
Highlights
Eximit aut reficit dentem Cascellius aegrum, infestos oculis uris, Hygine, pilos; non secat et tollit stillantem Fannius uuam, tristia seruorum stigmata delet Eros: enterocelarum fertur Podalirius Hermes: qui sanet ruptos dic mihi, Galle, quis est?
Of the various professions cited in his Epigrams, Martial dwells prominently on healers
Celsus (7.7.8B Marx) describes just such a malady when, without naming it, he refers to irritating eyelashes that may cause the eyelid to turn in. He means conditions we call trichiasis and blepharitis,[4] diseases characterized by inflammation of the hair follicles along the eyelid and its inversion
Summary
Eximit aut reficit dentem Cascellius aegrum, infestos oculis uris, Hygine, pilos; non secat et tollit stillantem Fannius uuam, tristia seruorum stigmata delet Eros: enterocelarum fertur Podalirius Hermes: qui sanet ruptos dic mihi, Galle, quis est?. MARTIAL AND THE DOCTORS: OPHTHALMOLOGY AND UVULECTOMY IN EPIGRAM 10.56* This short note attempts to shed light on some of the surgical procedures referred to in Martial’s epigram 10.56 by consulting pertinent Graeco-Roman medical texts.
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