knittnkitten wrote:I am going to read the HECK out of this book about henry the viii's health!!
knittnkitten wrote:the book states on the first sentence that it was more then likely he did not have syphilis at all.(he really didn't have any symptoms, it would have been outright common knowledge had he been diagnosed with it like the french king at the time, nor was it documented that he went thru the mercury treatments) it was mostly likely he was kell positive (which would explain the miscarriages after having a normal first birth) and then in his later years of his life developed Mcleod syndrome along with a head injuring which caused his increasing paranoid, moodswings, and general craziness around the time he turned 40. its a pretty good book, tho if you've seen the history channel special about Henry the Viii's health, it basically uses this book as its basis. has pretty good references too.
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