title: Pascal's law and the death of Cromwell.
abstract: Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the British Isles, probably died of the complications of recurrent urinary tract infection and obstruction, not of a 'bastard tertian ague' as claimed soon after his death. Blaise Pascal, a pioneer in hydraulics and a contemporary of Cromwell, shortly thereafter accurately reported course and historical consequence of his death, an event which seems at least partly attributable to the effects of Pascal's law on the Protector's kidneys.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Felts
mesh_terms: D004739:England; D005197:Famous Persons; D005602:France; D049670:History, 17th Century; D006801:Humans; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000266:history*