Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  • The financial affairs of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    After more than 200 years, the music of the great genius Mozart has remained unsurpassed and the interest in various aspects of his life continues unabated. Most medical authorities now believe that he died from Henoch-Schönlein nephritis with severe edema, hypertension, and neurological complications in the form of a stroke.1 There is perhaps less agreement…