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The illness of a famous person, especially of a political leader, always fascinates the medical profession and lay public. The laryngeal cancer of Frederick III aroused enormous interest and discussion.1 Frederick was a beloved German emperor with a liberal mind; his wife, Empress Frederick (Vicky), was the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria. With this marriage, Germany and England expected to maintain a cordial relationship. After reigning over the empire for only three months, Frederick unfortunately succumbed to aspiration pneumonia following tracheostomy. Many-believed his untimely death changed the course of history in Europe as well as Germany.1 Shortly after Frederick's death, . . .
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