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Apr 15, 2013 · However, a new research project based at St George's, University of London, has concluded that George III did actually suffer from mental illness after all. Using the evidence of...
May 17, 2023 · Much more recently, a team of researchers at St George’s, University of London, countered that George III’s madness was not caused by porphyria but was simply a version of severe mental illness.
- Dr. Howard Markel
May 7, 2023 · Though the show is fictional, the real King George III did likely suffer from mental illness. George ascended to the throne at age 22, and was King of Great Britain until his death in 1820 at age...
- Senior News Editor
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Mar 22, 2024 · George III had four prolonged periods of illness during his reign. Despite his achievements, he is perhaps most commonly referred to as ‘The Mad King’ – an unhelpful phrase that undermines the extent of his deeply traumatic ailments, and ignores his physical symptoms.
This review is concerned with the nature of the recurrent mental ill health of King George III (1738–1820), reinvestigation of the widely accepted belief that he suffered from acute porphyria, how this unlikely diagnosis was obtained and, in particular, why it has gained so much unwarranted support.
- Timothy Peters
- 10.7861/clinmedicine.11-3-261
- 2011
- Clin Med (Lond). 2011 Jun; 11(3): 261-264.
Illness Gold guinea of George III, 1789. By this time, George's health was deteriorating. He had a mental illness characterised by acute mania. Until the mid-20th century, the King's illness was generally considered to be psychological.
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Apr 29, 2015 · George III is much remembered for his illness and his son taking over as Regent, but what was his illness and how did it affect him? From an early stage in his reign (1760-1801), George had mild bouts of poor mental health, but they began to become frequent and longer, starting in 1788.
