title: Illness and death of the Kaizer Frederick III (1832-1888). The tremendous impact on politics.
abstract: With this paper we emphasize the influence of personnalities' illnesses in the world history. We also attempt to reveal the historic impact of a false diagnosis. We present in this article the disease of Emperor Frederick III, an illness that made laryngeal cancer an everyday issue and gave rise to violent controversies between German and English scientists.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, General Hospital of Agrinion, Agrinion, Greece.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Androutsos