Broos P L
Department of Traumatology and Emergency Surgery, U.Z. Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium.
Acta Chir Belg. 1993 Sep-Oct;93(5):197-200.
On the 10th July 1559, Henry II died of posttraumatic meningo-encephalitis due to a perforating trauma through his left eye. His third son, the last Valois king, Henry III succumbed on 5th of August 1589, four days after having been daggered in the abdomen. The sister's husband of the latter, king Henry IV, the first Bourbon king was deadly wounded by Ravaillac's knife in the left hemithorax on the 14th may 1610. If we dwell on the thought of how these 3 unfortunate French kings died, we can ask the question if round the year 1600 they could have a chance of survival if all the possible therapy methods existing at that time had been applied.
1559年7月10日，亨利二世因左眼穿孔伤引发创伤后脑膜脑炎而去世。他的第三个儿子，最后一位瓦卢瓦王朝国王亨利三世，于1589年8月5日腹部被匕首刺伤四天后驾崩。后者的妹夫，首位波旁王朝国王亨利四世，于1610年5月14日在左半胸被拉瓦亚克的匕首重伤致死。如果我们细想这三位不幸的法国国王的死因，就会不禁发问，在1600年左右，如果当时所有可能的治疗方法都得以应用，他们是否有存活的机会。
