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How the mighty have fallen: Fatal infectious diseases of divine composers

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authors

  • Rietschel, E. T.
  • Rietschel, M.
  • Beutler, Bruce

publication date

  • June 2004

journal

  • Infectious Disease Clinics of North America  Journal

abstract

  • Their music is immortal, but famous composers of the last centuries were not. Up to 50 years ago, microbial infections were a major cause of mortality and showed composers no special mercy. They died of various infectious diseases. By application of modern intensive care measurements and effective antibiotics, many of them would have been saved. Disease and painful death brought the work of these divine artists to the level of immortal creations that both inspire and astonish the mortal audience.

subject areas

  • Cholera
  • Communicable Diseases
  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • Famous Persons
  • Female
  • History, 15th Century
  • History, 16th Century
  • History, 17th Century
  • History, 18th Century
  • History, 19th Century
  • History, 20th Century
  • History, Medieval
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Music
  • Pneumonia
  • Sepsis
  • Syphilis
  • Tuberculosis
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Identity

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0891-5520

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.idc.2004.02.002

PubMed ID

  • 15145383
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 311

end page

  • 339

volume

  • 18

issue

  • 2

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