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An Israeli medical researcher has helped shed new light on a mystery that has endured for nearly 340 years: what killed Queen Christina of Sweden, one of 17th-century Europe’s most unusual monarchs.
Prof. Zaid Abassi of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology’s, Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Rambam Health Care Campus, together with Prof. Rolf Barth of Ohio State University and Prof. L. Maximilian Buja of the University of Texas, reexamined historical records, symptoms documented during Christina’s lifetime and findings from her postmortem examination.
Their conclusion: Christina most likely suffered from undiagnosed diabetes, which may have contributed to a chronic wound and bacterial infection in her right leg. The infection probably spread through her body, causing sepsis and ultimately her death at age 62.