La enfermedad del Almirante Mayor del Mar Océano, don Cristóbal Colón / The disease of the Almirante Mayor del Mar Océano, Cristóbal Colón

RESUMO

Based on diaries and relations, the fact that Admiral Cristobal Colon effectively suffered of gout is documented. This was a common disease in that times. The interpretations that gout as a disease has had in the course of medicine history, are also analyzed