Acerca de la muerte del rey Herodes el Grande

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 &...

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Autores principales: Espinoza G,Ricardo, Sepúlveda T,Cristian, Vukusich V,Cynthia, Fantuzzi S,Andrés, Serrano J,Mariano, Simian D,Magdalena
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Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2003
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720030005000142004-12-13Acerca de la muerte del rey Herodes el GrandeEspinoza G,RicardoSepúlveda T,CristianVukusich V,CynthiaFantuzzi S,AndrésSerrano J,MarianoSimian D,Magdalena History of Medicine, ancient Kidney failure, chronic Schistosoma haematobium 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 (Rev Méd Chile 2003; 131: 569-72).info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.131 n.5 20032003-05-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872003000500014es10.4067/S0034-98872003000500014
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language Spanish / Castilian
topic History of Medicine, ancient
Kidney failure, chronic
Schistosoma haematobium
spellingShingle History of Medicine, ancient
Kidney failure, chronic
Schistosoma haematobium
Espinoza G,Ricardo
Sepúlveda T,Cristian
Vukusich V,Cynthia
Fantuzzi S,Andrés
Serrano J,Mariano
Simian D,Magdalena
Acerca de la muerte del rey Herodes el Grande
description 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 (Rev Méd Chile 2003; 131: 569-72).
author Espinoza G,Ricardo
Sepúlveda T,Cristian
Vukusich V,Cynthia
Fantuzzi S,Andrés
Serrano J,Mariano
Simian D,Magdalena
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Sepúlveda T,Cristian
Vukusich V,Cynthia
Fantuzzi S,Andrés
Serrano J,Mariano
Simian D,Magdalena
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title Acerca de la muerte del rey Herodes el Grande
title_short Acerca de la muerte del rey Herodes el Grande
title_full Acerca de la muerte del rey Herodes el Grande
title_fullStr Acerca de la muerte del rey Herodes el Grande
title_full_unstemmed Acerca de la muerte del rey Herodes el Grande
title_sort acerca de la muerte del rey herodes el grande
publisher Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate 2003
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