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The young king of France, Francis II, the eldest son of Henry II and Catherine de Medici, died in Orleans from the effects of the complications of a chronic otitis on 6December 1560. Based on texts of the time, the paper discusses the nature of the illness, the treatment, and the medical and political entourage of the king.
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B-ENT
Volume / Issue
Volume 6 · Issue 4
Pages
307-313
History
Published Online
December 15, 2010
Affiliations
J. Tainmont
Winston Churchill Avenue 172, P.O. Box 9, 1180 Brussels, Belgium
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Tainmont, J. (2010). A Historical Vignette (20) A royal otitis. B-ENT, 6(4), 307–313. Retrieved from https://b-ent.be/index.php/pub/article/view/343
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