10 Genetic Diseases Kings and Queens Passed Into the Modern Era

King Harold

King Harold

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10 Genetic Diseases Kings and Queens Passed Into the Modern Era

In the autumn of 1788, King George III of Great Britain began speaking without pause for hours at a time, addressing people who were not present in the room. His physicians, Sir George Baker and Francis Willis, documented his symptoms with increasing alarm, recording episodes of confusion, physical agitation, and speech so rapid it became incoherent. The most powerful monarch in the Western world had become ungovernable. His court did not know what was happening. Neither did he.