title: [The disease of admiral Christopher Columbus].
abstract: Based on diaries and relations, the fact that Admiral Cristobal Colon effectively suffered of gout is documented. This was a common disease in that times. The interpretations that gout as a disease has had in the course of medicine history, are also analyzed.
authors.affiliation: División de Cirugía, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Espinoza
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: González
mesh_terms: D005197:Famous Persons; D006073:Gout / Q000266:history*; D049668:History, 15th Century; D007558:Italy
vernacular_title: La enfermedad del almirante mayor del Mar Océano, don Cristóbal Colón.