Astura was the site of a favourite villa of Cicero, whither he retired on the death of his daughter Tullia in 45 B.C. It appears to have been unhealthy even in Roman times; according to Suetonius, both Augustus and Tiberius contracted here the illnesses which proved fatal to them.
People have been trying to cure illnesses of the eyes for longer than you might think.
After these syndromes, we come to the entire spectrum of mental illnesses, from depression to paranoia.
During his stay at Manresa, he lived for the most part in a cell at the Dominican convent; and here, evidently, he had severe illnesses.
It was never sufficient to keep us in health and very soon we contracted beriberi and other illnesses.
