lunes, 18 de julio de 2016

THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE

George III's increasing dementia, his rivalry with his own son,people blaming him for losing the American colonies,and the opposition led by Charles James Fox mark the unstable and unpopular path of George III's reign. But not everyone wanted to overthrow him.
Queen Charlotte and The PM William Pitt brought doctors to treat King George, but with no results, due to  the primitive medical practises of that time,until they find an unconventional doctor with a technique similar to modern psychiatry. Though George slowly recovers, there was not an exact diagnosis at the time. A modern diagnosis is that George III suffered  porphyria, which symptoms are severe abdominal pain, vomiting, neuropathy, and mental disturbances.


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