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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 thousands...
May 17, 2023 · Some modern diagnosticians retrospectively concluded that George III had a physical, genetic, liver-based disease. But that well-publicized theory has also been cast into doubt.
- Dr. Howard Markel
Author: Polly Putnam. 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.
May 7, 2023 · The True Story of King George III's Mental Illness The Bridgerton prequel about Queen Charlotte dives into King George's so-called "madness" during his reign. By Emily Burack...
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So many features of King George III’s long reign are extraordinary in retrospect including the American and French Revolutions. Among the most extraordinary is the king’s long struggle with mental illness. George III’s mental illness, the efforts of his family, court, and doctors to manage and treat it, and historians and others ...
Other, less familiar images from the king’s last illness are if anything more distressing, but represent more his physical incapacities as he lost his sight and hearing than direct evidence of mental illness.
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The story of the ‘madness of King George’ continues to fascinate today, intensified by the publication in 1966 of a claim that the king suffered from porphyria – a rare hereditary or acquired illness, which can result in neurological damage and mental instability. This retrospective diagnosis was given popular literary form by Alan ...
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