Ferdinando died on 23 May 1670 afflicted by apoplexy and dropsy. Symptoms and signs included&colon; inflammation of serous membranes, hemorrhages, apoplexy, convulsions, blindness and coma. Ferdinando died on 23 May 1670 of apoplexy and dropsy. Informally or metaphorically, the term "apoplexy" is associated with being furious, especially as "apoplectic". From April 1898 until his death, he suffered two cases of Congestive Apoplexy. Dickinson died in 1932 of cerebral apoplexy. Suggested causes of death include exhaustion, malnutrition, apoplexy, pneumonia, and possibly tuberculosis. Surgery for pituitary apoplexy was described in 1925. Others regard Sheehan's syndrome as a form of pituitary apoplexy. In 1878 Beecher died from apoplexy. Scherer died in Linz of apoplexy. Then came a stroke of apoplexy and death. The first priority in suspected or confirmed pituitary apoplexy is stabilization of the circulatory system. Charles died in 1685 from apoplexy after converting to Catholicism on his deathbed. This occurs in 70% of those with pituitary apoplexy.