Papavramidou Niki, Christopoulou-Aletra Helen
Division for the History of Medicine, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Obes Surg. 2007 Jan;17(1):112-6. doi: 10.1007/s11695-007-9017-2.
This paper focuses on the Greco-Roman views on obesity with certain extensions to the Byzantine era. The writers reported hereby are Aulus Cornelius Celsus (circa 25 BC), Dioscorides Pedanius (40-90 AD), Soranus of Ephesus (98-138 AD) whose writings on the subject survived through Caelius Aurelianus (5th c. AD), Claudius Aelianus (3rd C. AD), Oribasius (324-400 AD), Aetius of Amida (circa 450 AD), Alexander Trallianus (6th c. AD), Paulus Aegineta (7th c. AD), and Theophilus Protospatharius (9th C. AD). All of the authors treat the subject of etiology, clinical manifestations and treatment, while the Hippocratic and Galenic views seem to be taken into consideration. The most important observation made on the basis of the studied texts is the emersion of the notion of the "Mediterranean diet" that was advised as an extremely successful conservative way to treat obesity. The Greco-Roman and Byzantine writers continue the long tradition of treating obesity and set the foundations for modern methods of treatment.
本文着重探讨希腊罗马时期对肥胖的看法，并适当延伸至拜占庭时代。在此报告的作者有奥卢斯·科尔内利乌斯·塞尔苏斯（约公元前25年）、狄奥斯科里德斯·佩达尼乌斯（公元40 - 90年）、以弗所的索拉努斯（公元98 - 138年），他们关于该主题的著作通过凯利乌斯·奥雷利亚努斯（公元5世纪）、克劳狄乌斯·埃利亚努斯（公元3世纪）、奥里巴西乌斯（公元324 - 400年）、阿米达的埃提乌斯（约公元450年）、亚历山大·特拉利亚努斯（公元6世纪）、保罗·埃吉纳塔（公元7世纪）和西奥菲勒斯·普罗托斯帕塔里乌斯（公元9世纪）得以留存。所有作者都论述了病因、临床表现及治疗等主题，同时似乎也考虑到了希波克拉底和盖伦的观点。基于所研究文本得出的最重要观察结果是“地中海饮食”概念的出现，它被视为治疗肥胖极为成功的保守方法。希腊罗马和拜占庭时期的作者延续了治疗肥胖的悠久传统，并为现代治疗方法奠定了基础。
