亚历山大大帝于公元前329年在西罗波利斯受伤：首次报道的短暂性皮质盲综合征病例？

The wounding of Alexander the Great in Cyropolis (329 BC): the first reported case of the syndrome of transient cortical blindness?

作者信息

Lascaratos J

机构信息

Medical School, Athens University, Greece.

出版信息

Surv Ophthalmol. 1997 Nov-Dec;42(3):283-7. doi: 10.1016/s0039-6257(97)00092-1.

DOI:10.1016/s0039-6257(97)00092-1

PMID:9406375

Abstract

I believe that the transient blindness which presented Alexander the Great after his being wounded on his head and/or his neck by a stone from a catapult during the siege of Cyropolis (329 BC) was in all probability a case of transient cortical blindness that was recognized as a special entity in the 1960s. I reached this conclusion after the comparative study of the Emperor's clinical picture provided by ancient texts, especially those of Plutarch and Quintus Curtius Rufus, with that of a modern medical bibliography.

摘要

我认为，公元前329年围攻西罗波利斯期间，亚历山大大帝头部和/或颈部被投石机抛出的石块击中后出现的短暂失明，极有可能是一例短暂性皮质盲，这种病症在20世纪60年代被确认为一种特殊的疾病实体。我是在将古代文献，尤其是普鲁塔克和昆图斯·库尔提乌斯·鲁弗斯所提供的这位帝王的临床症状，与现代医学文献中的症状进行比较研究后得出这一结论的。