Post-Mortem: Solving History's Great Medical Mysteries

Post-Mortem: Solving History's Great Medical Mysteries
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Their lives changed history. Their deaths were mysteries, until now! Post-Mortem: Solving History's Great Medical Mysteries by Philip A. Mackowiak, MD, FACP, examines the controversial lives and deaths of 12 famous men and women. Post-Mortem answers vexing questions such as: Was Alexander the Great a victim of West Nile virus? What caused the gruesome final illness of King Herod? Was Joan of Arc mentally ill during her heresy trial? Could syphillis have made Beethoven deaf? Did Edgar Allan Poe drink himself to death? This new book also investigates the mysterious deaths of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten, the Greek statesman and general Pericles, the Roman Emperor Claudius, Christopher Columbus, Mozart, Florence Nightingale, and Booker T. Washington. Post-Mortem traces 3,500 years of medical history from the perspective of what contemporary physicians thought about the diseases of their renowned patients and how they might have treated them. It follows the case history format of today's clinical pathologic conferences, describing the characteristics of the illnesses in question, and bringing to life the medical history, social history, family history, and physical examination of their famous victims. Post-Mortem then sifts through the medical evidence, testing a wide range of diagnostic theories against the known facts and today's best scientific research, to arrive at the diagnosis most consistent with the illness described in the historic record.
Country USA
Brand American College of Physicians
Manufacturer Amer College of Physicians
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2007-05-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781930513891

Country	USA
Brand	American College of Physicians
Manufacturer	Amer College of Physicians
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2007-05-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781930513891

Post-Mortem: Solving History's Great Medical Mysteries

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