title: Did Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571) have Reiter's disease?
abstract: The Renaissance artist Benvenuto Cellini admitted in his autobiography to the contraction of a sexually transmitted disease. Passages of Cellini's autobiography discussing symptoms are reviewed, and his own statements form the basis for concluding that he suffered from Reiter's disease.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D001154:Art / Q000266:history*; D016918:Arthritis, Reactive / Q000266:history*; D005197:Famous Persons; D049669:History, 16th Century; D007558:Italy; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000266:history*