title: [THE BLADDER STONE OF CARDINAL PIETRO BASADONNA (1617-1684) IN THE WORDS OF HIS PHYSICIAN ROMOLO SPEZIOLI (1642-1723)].
abstract: At the death of Cardinal Pietro Basadonna in 1684, his personal physician Romolo Spezioli wrote a report describing the disease, circumstances of death and autopsy findings of the illustrious prelate. This document, kept in the Biblioteca Civica at Jesi, is a significant attestation of the medical terminology and diagnostic and therapeutic procedures of the time. Even with the constraints that interpretation of a clinical account dating back over 300 years inevitably imposes, perusal of this report suggests that Cardinal Basadonna's demise could have been due to septic shock, consequent to a urinary infection caused by a bulky bladder stone.
authors: Raffaella
authors: R
authors: Santi
authors: Annarita
authors: A
authors: Franza
authors: Gabriella
authors: G
authors: Nesi
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history; D011037:Poetry as Topic / Q000266:history; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history / Q000473:pathology; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000473:pathology; D001744:Urinary Bladder Calculi / Q000266:history* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history / Q000473:pathology