- In 1543, Andreas Vesalius published De humani corporis fabrica (On the fabric of the human body). This was the largest step forwards in anatomical reference works since the works of Galen.
- This article will cover the period from 1500 to 1846.
Bacterial infections and Mycoses
- Cholera:
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831; disputed CoD)
- Charles X, King of France (1757-1836; recorded CoD)
- Peritonsillar abscess
- Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592; recorded CoD)
- Pulmonary tuberculosis:
- Molière (1622-1673; CoD)
- Voltaire (1694-1778; CoD)
- John Keats (1795-1821; CoD)
- Simón Bolívar (1783-1830; CoD)
Disputed / debated diagnoses
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : (1756-1791; recorded CoD: "hitziges Frieselfieber" / severe miliary fever; most likely culprits: influenza, rheumatic fever, post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis, trichinosis, accidental self-poisoning, vitamin D deficiency; Read more).
- Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794; possibly suffered from sarcoidosis)
- George Washington (1732-1799; recorded CoD: "cynanche trachealis" / likely bacterial upper respiratory tract infection; most likely culprits: epiglottitis or peritonsillar abscess; aggressive bloodletting treatment; likely septic plus hypovolaemic shock)
- George III, King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820; very likely suffered from bipolar disorder and also eventual dementia)
- Napoléon Bonaparte (1769-1821; recorded CoD: gastric cancer; father's recorded CoD was gastric cancer; other possibilities: arsenic poisoning)
- Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840; possibly had Marfan syndrome)
Psychiatric and neuropsychiatric diseases
- Depression: Elizabeth I, Queen of the United Kingdom, (1533-1603; contributed to death)
Vascular diseases
- Stroke
- Catherine II, Empress of Russia (1729-1796; recorded CoD)
‘Kings and philosophers shit — and so do ladies.’ -Michel de Montaigne
To be added:
- Christopher Columbus
- Hernán Cortés
- Francis Drake
- Caravaggio
- Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the UK
- Rembrandt
- Isaac Newton
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- James Monroe, President of the USA
- James Madison, President of the USA
- William Henry Harrison, President of the USA
- Andrew Jackson, President of the USA
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