Abstract
Introduction and Objective
The fact that stone patients have endured much throughout the ages and that prior to our current era, when the ultimate horror, “being cut for the stone” was the only alternative to the repeated episodes of colic should be recalled from time to time. Urolithiasis has affected humanity throughout the ages and has been indiscriminate to those lives it touched. A full accounting of those who have suffered and recorded their fates is beyond the scope of this investigation; however, it is prudent to recognize those whom this disease held in arrears.
Methods
The historical accounts of stone disease literature were scrutinized for individual sufferers who could be cross-referenced from other sources as legitimately calcareous afflicted. Only those patients that could be documented and were or are well known were included, because the Internet is now a verdant repository of thousands of “not so well knowns.” The famous stone formers are capable of then being reliably tabulated for future referencing and are placed in chronological order.
Results
Reliable historical data exist for the following stone patients in the pre-Christian era, for philosophers and scientists, physicians, clergy, leaders and rulers, entertainers, athletes, and fictitious/Hollywood-type individuals.
Conclusions
Undoubtedly there are many famous people lacking from this list of urolithiasis sufferers, but it is not through lack of trying that they are missing. Most often, the suffering do so silently and that is always allowed.
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Moran, M.E. (2014). Famous Stone Sufferers. In: Urolithiasis. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8196-6_13
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