title: Death of an Arabian Jew.
abstract: A 69-year-old Judean man presents with chronic low-grade fever, pedal edema, and abdominal pain. His condition deteriorates over several weeks with the appearance of shortness and foulness of breath, pruritus, convulsions of every limb, and gangrene of the genitalia. Just before he dies, he orders dozens of the leading men of his kingdom imprisoned and instructs his sister to kill them all after he is gone. Who is he and what is the likely cause of his death?
authors.affiliation: Medical Service, Puget Sound Veterans Affairs Health Care System and the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Jan V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Hirschmann
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Richardson
authors.forename: Ross S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Kraemer
authors.forename: Philip A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Mackowiak
mesh_terms: D005197:Famous Persons; D018934:Fournier Gangrene / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history*; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D007585:Jews / Q000266:history; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history*; D008297:Male