The wounding of Alexander the Great in Cyropolis (329 BC): the first reported case of the syndrome of transient cortical blindness?
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.
Lascaratos
J
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Medical School, Athens University, Greece.
D019575:Blindness, Cortical / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history*; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000266:history; D005197:Famous Persons; D000076145:Greece, Ancient; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019838:Neck Injuries / Q000266:history; D013577:Syndrome