Breathing difficulties in a nonagenarian: a self report.

This is a self report. It is age related because I am 96 years old; about 5 years ago I was asymptomatic in this respect. I describe the difficulties to think to have to take a breath without getting evidence of hypoxia such as flashes of light and other evidence of hypoxia such as loss of muscle tone.

Unilateral Facial Asymmetry in a 40 BCE Roman Carved Head.

We describe the peculiar facial morphology of a carved head dating to the end of the Roman Republican period (40 BCE) which displays evident unilateral asymmetry. A comprehensive discussion of the different etiologies is provided and a contextualization of this condition in the broader frame of Roman artistic verism is offered. This case study contributes to the knowledge of disease presentation in the ancient world, with a special focus on the anatomy of soft tissue pathology.