Mozart, his illnesses and Medicine in the eighteenth century
Keywords:
Mozart’s illness, Chronic Renal Insufficiency, Glomerulonephritis, Shoenlein-Henoch Purpura, Infectious Endocarditis, Eighteenth Century MedicineAbstract
Mozart’s death is discussed. His death certificate cites “Miliary
Fever” a term without correlation to medicine today. Mozart’s
health status was evaluated from letters to family members and
from reports obtained many years later. Some authors advocate
chronic renal insufficiency, glomerulonephritis, Shoenlein-Henoch
purpura, sub-acute endocarditis and a contagious disease complicated by shock from severe bloodletting and purging.
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