Facial Paralysis in a Babylonian Plaque.
| Autor: | Fulco WJ; Department of Classics and Archaeology, Loyola Marymount University., Levy SL; David Geffen School of Medicine., Canalis RF; Department of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine and Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology [Otol Neurotol] 2020 Dec; Vol. 41 (10), pp. e1268-e1271. |
| DOI: | 10.1097/MAO.0000000000002788 |
| Abstrakt: | Hypothesis: A terra cotta plaque [LMU 2551] from the Neo-Babylonian period (c.629-539 BCE), housed in the museum of the Archaeology Center at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, is a representation of right peripheral facial paralysis. Background: Ancient representations of pathology are rare and often difficult to identify. This is particularly true of Assyrian-Babylonian cultures where, despite numerous surviving medical texts, artistic examples of disease are almost non-existent. Methods: Precise caliper measurements and archaeological analysis of LMU 2551 were used to confirm the authors' hypothesis. Results: The facial distortions portrayed in LMU 2551 are not accidental. Measurements show a pronounced asymmetry of the lower face where the length from the mid-philtrum to the oral commissure and from the lateral edge of the ala nasi to the mid-ipsilateral nasolabial fold are twice as long in the left than in the right side. The left eye is closed, whereas the right is widely open. Conclusion: The described plaque is among the oldest representations of facial paralysis on record. It correlates with contemporary Babylonian texts describing neurological disorders but its function is unknown. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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