This really surprised me.
2007-07-30 17:30:28 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Syphilis
But why would you be surprised ? Syphilis is just a sexually transmitted disease, and back in those times, there was no cure for it like we have today. An actual "cure" for syphilis wasn't available until the wide spread manufacture of penicillin, just after WWII.
It's probably just as prevalent today, the only difference is, we can now treat it.
check out
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syphilis#Known_and_suspected_syphilis_patients
for a list of famous people who were suspected of having syphilis, or were known to have had it.
Karen Blixen (1885-1962), writer
Scott Joplin (1867/8-1917), musician †
Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924), communist leader S
Édouard Manet (1832-1883), painter †
Idi Amin (1928-2003) Ugandan dictator S
Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), dictator
Franz Schubert (1797-1828), composer †
Robert Schumann (1810-1856), composer †
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901), painter †
King Henry VIII (1497-1547), King of England and second monarch of the Tudor dynasty S
King Edward VI (1538-1553), King of England and third Tudor monarch S
2007-08-03 10:47:15 · answer #1 · answered by Kate 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This Site Might Help You.
RE:
What disease did composer Franz Schubert die from?
This really surprised me.
2015-08-19 05:12:02 · answer #2 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At age 31 Schubert died of syphilis in 1828.
2007-07-31 04:28:06 · answer #3 · answered by jumba 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Schubert Syphilis
2016-11-07 05:04:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Old composers never die - they just "de-compose".
Syphilis, typhoid fever, or mercury poisoning - then a treatment for syphilis.
2007-07-30 17:36:10 · answer #5 · answered by Paul Hxyz 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I could be totally off the mark, but I wonder if it was mercury poisoning due to treatments for syphilis.
2007-07-30 17:34:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Syphilis. And it shouldn't surprise you. There were no antibiotics back then. A shot of penicillin could have cured him.
2007-07-30 17:48:04 · answer #7 · answered by Elizabeth L 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Wrist strain
2007-07-30 17:32:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Austrian??
2016-03-16 05:02:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Syphilis. He consorted with the wrong girls.
2007-08-01 05:17:45 · answer #10 · answered by galyamike 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋