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'Galassi FM, Di Fazio N, Varotto E, Artico M, Savioli G, Piccioni A, Volonnino G,
D'Antonio G, Pellegrini L, La Via L, Maiese A, Percivaldi E, La Russa R, 2025: THE DEATH OF EMPEROR FREDERICK
BARBAROSSA (AD 1190): PHYSIOPATHOLOGICAL
AND PALAEOPATHOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS
ON A CASE OF FATAL DROWNING DURING THE
3rd CRUSADE. Anthropologie (Brno) 63, 1: 23-29'. |
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| Abstract | | In this case report the still unexplained death of the Mediaeval Emperor Frederick Barbarossa is examined
from a biomedical perspective using original historical sources and contemporary medical knowledge. Barbarossa’s
case also serves as an example and a wake-up call for public health authorities on the danger represented by the problem of drowning, with particular reference to drowning in rivers and whirlpool-caused deaths. | | | | Keywords | | Drowning – River – Creek – Whirlpool – Hydrocution syndrome – Palaeopathology - Public health | | | | DOI | | https://doi.org/10.26720/anthro.25.02.12.3 | | |
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