It was used in the treatment of respiratory diseases, nervous disorders, rheumatism, and dropsy. Ferdinando died on 23 May 1670 afflicted by apoplexy and dropsy. Ferdinando died on 23 May 1670 of apoplexy and dropsy. He suffered from gout, arteriosclerosis, peripheral edema ("dropsy"), and possibly porphyria. Stevens was in pain from his stomach ailments, from swollen feet, and from dropsy. Tsar Michael fell ill in April 1645, with scurvy, dropsy, and probably depression. By 1901, he was suffering from cirrhosis of the liver and dropsy. In his later life, Busch suffered from heart disease, dropsy, and gout. In Austria this disease was also called "Wassersucht" (dropsy/edema). In January of AD 40, Domitius died of edema (dropsy) at Pyrgi. Berrow promoted in his paper his elixir for dropsy and his powder for gout. He postponed the sacrifice for many years due to which he is afflicted with dropsy. He died immediately after at the age of 78 of chronic dropsy and heart failure. Amid the political pressure, George was on his deathbed, suffering from severe asthma and dropsy. In two versions, Heraclitus was cured of the dropsy and died of another disease.