Malaria was "the killer" of Francesco I de' Medici (1531-1587).
Fornaciari
Gino
G
Division of Paleopathology, History of Medicine and Bioethics, Department of Oncology, Transplants and Advanced Technologies in Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy. g.fornaciari@med.unip.it
Giuffra
Valentina
V
Ferroglio
Ezio
E
Bianucci
Raffaella
R
D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000382:microbiology; D002423:Cause of Death; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000266:history*; D049669:History, 16th Century; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history*; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification