title: [Prolapse of the uterus and cataract: a comparison of veterinary and human medicine in Greco-Roman antiquity].
abstract: A number of surgical interventions in ancient veterinary medicine were modelled on the same procedures in human medicine. This is discussed in some detail for the prolapse of the uterus and the couching of the cataract in horses. In the introductory section, the importance of Switzerland and neighbouring areas for the transmission of ancient veterinary medicine is highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Geschichte, Theorie und Ethik der Medizin, Universitätsklinikum, Mainz, Deutschland. kdfisch@uni-mainz.de
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002386:Cataract / Q000266:history* / Q000662:veterinary; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000266:history / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D000076145:Greece, Ancient; D049690:History, Ancient; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D012384:Rome; D014596:Uterine Prolapse / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000266:history*