L'ophtalmologie dans l'Egypte greco-romaine d'apres les papyrus litteraires grecs

The recurring problems of eye disease in Egypt account for the importance that ophthalmology has always had in this country. Eye diseases and their treatment in Greco-Roman Egypt are documented by an insufficiently known body of material: Greek literary papyri, which are often the only witnesses to lost medical works and which provide evidence of original theories, practices and terminology. The first part of the book provides an introduction to ancient ophthalmology, to the medical literature of Greco-Roman Egypt and to Greek medical vocabulary. The second part presents a critical edition (with a French translation and commentary) of the papyri, which is accompanied by theoretical expositions and a chapter on ophthalmic recipes.