Chronic Gastro-Duodenal Ulcerative Disease and the Death of Father Stephan Schätzl from Viechtwang (Austria)
Overview
Overview
Journal
J Relig Health
Publisher
Springer
Specialties
General Medicine
Psychology
Social Sciences
Psychology
Social Sciences
Date
2023 Mar 4
PMID
36869964
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Abstract
Stephan Schätzl was the parish priest of Viechtwang, Upper Austria. He lived in the aftermath of the Peace of Augsburg in a period of schism between Roman Catholics and Lutherans. His portrait, depicted only 6 days before his demise in 1590, shows that he had extreme ante mortem cachexia. Documentary sources detailed his life and ill-health and it is proposed that he had chronic gastro-duodenal ulcerative disease which ultimately led his to death.
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