The aim of this study is the reconstruction of a case of puerperal fever, which affected the mother of Caterina de' Medici, the future Queen of France, in 1519. Only unpublished data found in the Archives were used, to follow the onset and the development of the disease, offering a glimpse into medical perception of the time. The description of the case provides interesting points of contact with modern medicine. PMID: 20822333 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
The strange destiny of Caterina de' Medici and a case of puerperal fever in the sixteenth century / D.Lippi. - In: THE JOURNAL OF MATERNAL-FETAL & NEONATAL MEDICINE. - ISSN 1476-7058. - STAMPA. - 24(4):(2011), pp. 650-651.
The strange destiny of Caterina de' Medici and a case of puerperal fever in the sixteenth century
LIPPI, DONATELLA
2011
Abstract
The aim of this study is the reconstruction of a case of puerperal fever, which affected the mother of Caterina de' Medici, the future Queen of France, in 1519. Only unpublished data found in the Archives were used, to follow the onset and the development of the disease, offering a glimpse into medical perception of the time. The description of the case provides interesting points of contact with modern medicine. PMID: 20822333 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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