Federico Chopin (1810-1849) y su enfermedad / Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), and his disease
Rev. méd. Chile
; 142(4): 529-535, abr. 2014. ilus
Article
in Spanish
| LILACS
| ID: lil-716227
Responsible library:
CL1.1
ABSTRACT
Frédéric Chopin - a great Polish composer and pianist-suffered from a chronic disease. Both during his life and after his death, physicians disagreed on Chopin's diagnosis. His contemporaries accepted the diagnosis of tuberculosis, a common disease in the 18th century. Description of new clinical entities provoked new dilemmas in the 21th century. Although other alternative diagnoses to tuberculosis have emerged, such as cystic fibrosis or alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, we still sustain that the first diagnosis is the most probable. In this paper we report F. Chopin's case history and discuss cons and pros for different diseases as the cause of F. Chopin's suffering and death.
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Health context:
Neglected Diseases
Health problem:
Neglected Diseases
/
Tuberculosis
Database:
LILACS
Main subject:
Famous Persons
/
Music
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2014
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Argentina
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires/AR