Acerca de la muerte del rey Herodes el Grande / About the death of Herod the Great
Rev. méd. Chile
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131(5): 569-572, mayo 2003.
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em Espanhol
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RESUMO
Herod the Great was the founder of a dynasty that reigned on Judea for several generations. His birth date is estimated on year 73 AC and died at 70 years old. Descriptions of the final disease of Herod were obtained from the classical chronicles of Flavius Josephus, The Jewish war and Jewish Antiquities. A medical explanation for his death is attempted. A parasitism caused by Schistosoma haematobium is suggested as the etiology for chronic renal failure (edema, halitosis and orthopnea) and a "gangrene of genitalia that engendered worms" in the words of Josephus. This would be explained by the formation of genital and urinary fistulae, observed in such disease. The asseveration that Herod was attacked by black bilis is also discussed, based on the concepts of the Hippocratic medicine of that time.
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Assunto principal:
Esquistossomose Urinária
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Insuficiência Renal Crônica
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Pessoas Famosas
Limite:
Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Espanhol
Revista:
Rev. méd. Chile
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Chile
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Universidad de los Andes/CL
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