title: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)--Goethe's favorite.
abstract: Felix Mendelssohn, Goethe's favorite, who revealed the genius ofJohann Sebastian Bach after almost a century of oblivion, was of a fragile constitution. Last year of his life he was very depressed because of his sister Fanny's sudden death. The last month he had several attacks of severe headaches with agitation, anxiety, confusion and slow pulse. Last three days these episodes became more frequent and his overall health worsened. After stupor and coma, he died from probable subarachnoid (or cerebral) hemorrhage (with hypertension?), like his sister several months before.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Neurology, Reference Center for Neurovascular Disorders, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of Republic of Croatia, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Zagreb, Croatia. tomislav.breitenfeld@zg.t-com.hr
authors.forename: Tomislav
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Breitenfeld
authors.forename: Darko
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Breitenfeld
authors.forename: Vesna
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vargek-Solter
authors.forename: Alboran
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Delija
authors.forename: Zvonimir
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sostar
authors.forename: Vida
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Demarin
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000266:history*; D005197:Famous Persons; D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D009146:Music / Q000266:history*