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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...
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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...
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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.
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.
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.
Given the primitive understanding of mental health during the 18th century, George was subjected to torturous methods of treatment in the hope of 'drawing out' his madness and restoring balance to his four humours.
