title: The life and death of Captain Charles Martell and kidney stone disease.
abstract: Hyperparathyroidism was unknown in this country until the diagnosis was first made by Eugene F. DuBois in 1926. The patient was Captain Charles Martell, a mariner who had become disabled by demineralization of the skeleton during many years. Finally, a parathyroid adenoma was removed at the seventh operation in 1932. Urinary calculi were a major part of the long illness and their complications caused death. Charles Martell contributed significantly to our knowledge of calcium metabolism in general and kidney stone disease in particular.
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000266:history*; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000266:history*; D008297:Male; D014481:United States