Künzl Ernst
Wurzbg Medizinhist Mitt. 2005;24:99-109.
A certain architectural type of building which can be found in ancient Roman military camps has unanimously been identified as valetudinarium (military hospital). Scholars in medical history, ancient history and Roman archaeology followed this interpretation since 100 years. A recent study tried to change this point of view by quoting archaeological and epigraphical arguments (BAKER [2002]). In our article we want to show that this new theory is not proven. In the Roman legionary camp of the legio I Italica in Novae/Bulgaria there is right in the middle of the valetudinarium a sacred precint including votive inscriptions to Roman healing gods. The finds from Novae show--besides other archaeological arguments--that the traditional identification of the Roman valetudinarium is correct.
一种可在古罗马军营中找到的特定建筑类型已被一致认定为伤病员疗养所（军事医院）。自100年前起，医学史、古代史和罗马考古学领域的学者们一直遵循这一解释。最近一项研究试图通过引用考古学和铭文方面的论据来改变这一观点（贝克[2002年]）。在我们的文章中，我们想要表明这一新理论并未得到证实。在保加利亚诺瓦埃的第一意大利军团罗马军营中，伤病员疗养所的正中央有一个神圣区域，其中包含对罗马医神的奉献铭文。除了其他考古学论据外，来自诺瓦埃的发现表明，对罗马伤病员疗养所的传统认定是正确的。
