title: [The flap falls--early attestations for lat. cataracta as a description of an eye disease].
authors.affiliation: Medizinhistorisches Institut, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz. kdfisch@mail.uni-mainz.de
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D002386:Cataract / Q000266:history*; D006115:Greece; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D008374:Manuscripts, Medical as Topic / Q000266:history; D019365:Metaphor; D012384:Rome; D009626:Terminology as Topic