Tag: systemic lupus erythematosus
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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…
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The medical life of Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) was a novelist, short story writer, and poet. Raised in New England, she was an abolitionist and feminist, remained unmarried, and became active in reform movements such as temperance and women’s suffrage. As her family always lived on the poverty line, she took on various jobs at an early age and…