title: [History of cataract surgery].
abstract: By analysis of ancient surgical instruments it's possible define the history of medical specialties, and acquaint the evolutions of specific surgical techniques and operations through the centuries. The aim of the article is to reconstruct the history of the conception of cataracts, of theories and pathological interpretations in different eras, through the descriptions of surgical instruments and methodologies found in medical texts and the analysis of the artefacts kept in the Museum of History of Medicine of Rome.
authors.affiliation: Museo di Storia della Medicina, "Sapienza" Università di Roma, I.
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aruta
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marenco
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marinozzi
mesh_terms: D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000266:history* / Q000295:instrumentation; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000266:history