What disease did composer Franz Schubert die from?
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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
RE:
What disease did composer Franz Schubert die from?
This really surprised me.
Syphilis, typhoid fever, or mercury poisoning – then a treatment for syphilis.
