PC: Is it possible to keep Frederick III alive?

It's possible for him to survive? Yeah, sure, maybe he don't contract cancer (I don't see a history of cancer in his family) or he discovers it earlier. Would his reign avert war? Hardly, he wouldn't be the only variable there.
 
I have looked through this thread and the one in the link. Some questions still come to mind. Was he known to consume a lot of alcohol? Are there any further records on his cancer (location in the larynx, when he was diagnosed, etc.)? How experienced was his doctor?
 
I have looked through this thread and the one in the link. Some questions still come to mind. Was he known to consume a lot of alcohol? Are there any further records on his cancer (location in the larynx, when he was diagnosed, etc.)? How experienced was his doctor?

Very good!!!! Are there any others?
 
I have looked through this thread and the one in the link. Some questions still come to mind. Was he known to consume a lot of alcohol? Are there any further records on his cancer (location in the larynx, when he was diagnosed, etc.)? How experienced was his doctor?

I think it was mentioned somewhere that his doctor actually was not that experienced in operation, and may have quickened his death, because he stuck the oxygen tube down the wrong tube, and then stuck two fingers somewhere in the throat area.
 
Just going by what I can find (limited by not having computer access at the moment) Bergmann was a medical officer in the Prussian military during three separate conflicts and was a proponent of heat sterilization of surgical instruments. The easy answer would be have him not mess up on the incision, insertion of the cannula, and definitely not stick a forefinger in the incision to stop the bleeding. However, that wouldn't be fun. The only reason why I ask is because artificial larynges have been used since 1873. https://books.google.com/books?id=m...onepage&q=first recorded laryngectomy&f=false
 
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