Topaloglou Eleftheria I, Papadakis Marios N, Madianos Phoebus N, Ferekidis Eleftherios A
Department of History of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
J Hist Dent. 2011 Spring;59(1):35-41.
The Byzantine World covers the eleven-century period between 323-1453 AD and was characterized by a comprehensive system of medicine based on the fundamental principles of Ancient Greek medicine. Several clinical entities, such as epulis, parulis, constrictions of the tongue (short frenum), sublingual ranula, jaws fractures and disclocations, oral fistulae were well-known and treated during the Byzantine period with primarily surgical, but also non-surgical, interventions. Tooth extractions and operations on the uvula were also popular. The variety of these operations, for which special dental instruments were used, demonstrates the high level of surgical knowledge among physicians in Byzantine times.
拜占庭世界涵盖了公元323年至1453年的11个世纪，其特点是拥有一个基于古希腊医学基本原理的全面医学体系。在拜占庭时期，一些临床病症，如龈瘤、牙龈脓肿、舌系带过短、舌下囊肿、颌骨骨折与脱臼、口腔瘘等广为人知，并主要通过手术干预，也包括非手术干预进行治疗。拔牙和悬雍垂手术也很常见。这些使用特殊牙科器械进行的手术种类繁多，表明拜占庭时期医生的外科知识水平很高。
