Well, he was awfully pale... ;^)
Pingy.
LMAO! Must be a constant discussion of alcohol abuse and heroin addiction. I would love to get some back issues from the 80s!
I thought he croaked because his notes were too tight?
Well, he was awfully pale... ;^)
Oh my. My dermatologist has been telling me for years how BAD sunlight is. The American Academy of Dermatology will not be happy with this news. ;-)
Another interesting but baseless and pointless theory
Way back when I took my ten year-old to see Amadeus. At the end they dumped his body into a common grave with other paupers and then threw in what I thought was probably lye. The boy said, “Ah, he was so poor they had to bury him in flour”.
Still makes me laugh.
He should have stayed in Salzburg, where he was born—it’s not as far north as Vienna.
Interesting hypothesis. (But, jeez, who wrote this? A 14-year-old?)
Anyway, it's been two weeks now and I'm not dead yet, lol.
I probably would have objected to such a large dose but I'd recently read in Science News about people on doses of 100,000 IU's.
From the article:
“Rival doctors and historians have presented arguments, in medical and other academic journals, that Mozart perished from acute rheumatic fever, bacterial endocarditis, streptococcal septicemia, tuberculosis, cardiovascular disease, brain hemorrhage, hypertensive encephalopathy, congestive heart failure, uremia secondary to chronic kidney disease, pyelonephritis, congenital urinary tract anomaly with obstructive uropathy, bronchopneumonia, hemorrhagic shock, post-streptococcal Henoch-Schönlein purpura, polyarthritis, trichinellosis, amyloidosis, and quite a few other unpleasantnesses.”
I mean, come on, with all that, the guy didn’t stand a chance!
I live at 45º N. I work at night and sleep all day. Yikes!
About 2 decades ago, most of the Derms in Wino Country declared war on any sunlight skin exposure,
They wanted people to put on sun blockers after showering and again during the day to avoid any sunlight on the skin.
Besides the sun blocking, they wanted their patients to wear wide brimmed hats, long sleeve shirts/blouses and heaven forbid no shorts/tees or swim suit during sunlight.
These Derms were not by themselves. They were part of a nationwide anti sun religion.
Since then, we have seen increases in cancers associated with low Vitamin D levels, Parkinson cases, D2, brittle bones in women and men and allergies/asmatha in children and adults and many more diseases often linked to low D levels.
I can remember good Internal Medicine and FP docs being concerned about the lack of Vitamin D due to sun light blocking throughout the day. It appears that they were correct re the religion of no sun even in moderation has/is taking a terrible toll on people.