Blood Will Tell: A Medical Explanation of the Tyranny of Henry VIII by Kyra Cornelius Kramer

Author:Kyra Cornelius Kramer [Kramer, Kyra Cornelius]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ash Wood Press
Published: 2014-01-09T05:00:00+00:00

Given the vast number of Henry’s symptoms, how is it possible to determine which might have been caused by McLeod’s syndrome? Complicating the diagnosis is the fact that people did not record whether Henry ever showed certain physical signs of McLeod syndrome, such as dystonia (sustained muscle contractions which may be seen as tics, cramps or spasms) or hyperkinesia (an abnormal increase in muscle activity, such as twitching or hyperactivity). Nevertheless, that does not necessarily mean they were not present. If the tics were small then people may not have noticed them or supposed them worth recording in their letters or journals. In addition, it is impossible to confirm that he had an enlarged liver or abnormalities of his blood cells, which are often the clearest signs of McLeod syndrome. Tudor medicine was not sophisticated enough to permit the kinds of tests that would have identified these symptoms. It is obvious that the physical symptoms which might be attributed to McLeod syndrome, when taken alone, can not conclusively prove that Henry had the disease. Instead, the theory that Henry had McLeod syndrome largely relies on his radical personality shift to make a convincing argument that McLeod syndrome had affected his brain.

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