title: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart--controversies regarding his illnesses and death: a bibliographic review.
abstract: More has been written about Mozart's illnesses and death than for any other composer. An exploration of PAMA's Bibliography of Performing Arts Medicine provides the data for this review. The bibliography contained 136 entries that pertained to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Of these, 81 were available to the author, either in printed or electronic copy. In order to provide a clearer historical perspective on this topic, this review assembles information pertaining to illnesses and other medical problems that occurred during Mozart's life as well as those purportedly contributing to his death.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA. w-dawson@northwestern.edu
authors.forename: William J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Dawson
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D002423:Cause of Death; D003863:Depression / Q000266:history; D004893:Erythema Nodosum / Q000266:history; D005197:Famous Persons; D015432:Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative / Q000266:history; D006304:Health Status; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006708:Homicide / Q000266:history; D006801:Humans; D020343:Hypertensive Encephalopathy / Q000266:history; D011695:IgA Vasculitis / Q000266:history; D009146:Music / Q000266:history*; D011041:Poisoning / Q000266:history; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000266:history*; D014235:Trichinellosis / Q000266:history