Lascaratos J, Tsirou M, Fronimopoulos J
Doc Ophthalmol. 1990 Feb;74(1-2):37-48.
The authors analyze the diseases described in the chapter 'Concerning the maladies of the eye' by the outstanding Byzantine author Aetius Amidenus. Where possible, the authors try to compare the medical ideas of Aetius with the up-to-date nosologic entities. To give a more comprehensive analysis, the authors try to complete the classification of diseases on an anatomic basis, following in most of the points that of Aetius. The ophthalmological diseases are classified as follows: a) eye-lids; b) cornea; c) sclera and conjunctiva; d) anterior chamber, iris and lens; e) lacrymal ducts; f) disturbances of the vision; and g) various others. The authors emphasize that the seventh chapter (Z' logos) constitutes a significant ophthalmologic manual, containing almost all the pertinent knowledge of that time.
作者们分析了杰出的拜占庭作家埃提乌斯·阿米德努斯在《论眼疾》一章中所描述的疾病。在可能的情况下，作者们试图将埃提乌斯的医学观点与最新的疾病分类实体进行比较。为了进行更全面的分析，作者们试图在解剖学基础上完成疾病分类，在大多数方面遵循埃提乌斯的分类方法。眼科疾病分类如下：a）眼睑；b）角膜；c）巩膜和结膜；d）前房、虹膜和晶状体；e）泪道；f）视力障碍；g）其他各种疾病。作者们强调，第七章（Z' logos）构成了一本重要的眼科手册，包含了那个时代几乎所有相关知识。
