Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: antiphospholipid syndrome

  • Did Queen Anne have systemic lupus and antiphospholipid syndrome?

    Óscar Lamas FilgueiraValencia, Spain Queen Anne is remembered as the last Stuart sovereign and the queen under whom the kingdoms of England and Scotland were formally united in 1707. Her personal life was marked by profound physical suffering. Contemporary accounts described her as chronically ill, exhausted, swollen, and in constant pain. For centuries, historians attributed…