Assassination of Elisabeth, Empress of Austria, Queen of Hungary, on 10 September 1898: further additions and minor annotations

Andreas G Nerlich; Roland Sedivy; Michael E Habicht; Francesco M Galassi; Simon Donell; Viktoria Bogner-Flatz; Oliver K Peschel

doi:10.1007/s10354-024-01053-9

Assassination of Elisabeth, Empress of Austria, Queen of Hungary, on 10 September 1898: further additions and minor annotations

Wien Med Wochenschr. 2024 Sep 13. doi: 10.1007/s10354-024-01053-9. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Andreas G Nerlich¹, Roland Sedivy^{2

3}, Michael E Habicht^{4

5}, Francesco M Galassi^{5

6}, Simon Donell⁷, Viktoria Bogner-Flatz⁸, Oliver K Peschel⁹

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Legal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany. andreas.nerlich@extern.lrz-muenchen.de.
² Chair of Clinical Pathology and Molecular Pathology, Sigmund Freud University Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
³ Institute of Pathology, Cytopathology and Microbiology Dr. Kosak GmbH, Vienna, Austria.
⁴ Archaeology, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
⁵ FAPAB Research Center, Avola (SR), Sicily, Italy.
⁶ Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland.
⁷ University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
⁸ Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Musculoskeletal University Center Munich (MUM), University Hospital, Emergency Medicine Service Authority, LMU Munich, City of Munich, Munich, Germany.
⁹ Institute of Legal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany.

PMID: 39269535
DOI: 10.1007/s10354-024-01053-9

Abstract
in English, German

Very recently, a comprehensive re-evaluation of the medical facts and observations surrounding the death of Empress Elisabeth "Sisi" of Austria (1837-1898) was published. The Empress was assassinated in Geneva by the anarchist Luigi Luccheni or Lucheni (1873-1910). In parallel to this recent publication, our study group came across an almost unknown letter from Dr. Golay, who was one of the examining doctors of Empress Elisabeth. In this publication we add relevant additions based on this letter and provide further insights regarding the attempts at resuscitation.

Erst kürzlich wurde eine umfassende Neubewertung der medizinischen Fakten und Beobachtungen zum Tod von Kaiserin Elisabeth „Sisi“ von Österreich (1837–1898) veröffentlicht. Die Kaiserin wurde in Genf vom Anarchisten Luigi Luccheni oder Lucheni (1873–1910) ermordet. Parallel zu dieser aktuellen Veröffentlichung stieß unsere Studiengruppe auf einen weitgehend unbekannten Brief von Dr. Golay, einem der untersuchenden Ärzte der Kaiserin Elisabeth. In dieser Veröffentlichung fügen wir darauf aufbauend relevante Ergänzungen hinzu und liefern weitere Erkenntnisse im Hinblick auf die Reanimationsversuche.

Keywords: Assassination; Hammer of Mayor; Stabbing; Survival chance.

Abstract in English, German

Abstract
in English, German