I've been trying to figure out what kind of a disease it was - obviously something that prevented his blood from clotting - but no idea whether it was down to illness/inherited disease or that he had poisoned himself/been poisoned in some way.
Was aspirin/some such anticoagulant available in the mid 1800s?
My first thought was haemophilia, which only happens to men and which would mean he wouldn't clot, but haemophiliacs' skin doesn't bleed (they bruise like crazy).
Clinical Character of Haemorrhagic Disorders: • Spontaneous bleeding in the skin, mucous membrane or internal tissue. • Extensive or prolonged bleeding following trauma. • Bleeding from more than one site.
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I've been trying to figure out what kind of a disease it was - obviously something that prevented his blood from clotting - but no idea whether it was down to illness/inherited disease or that he had poisoned himself/been poisoned in some way.
Was aspirin/some such anticoagulant available in the mid 1800s?
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http://www.haemophilia.org.uk/?content_id=91&parent=278
... so it sounds like a sort of hemorrhagic fever/disorder because of the bleeding from the skin.
http://www.talukderbd.com/lectures/Haemorrhagic_disorders.pdf
Clinical Character of Haemorrhagic Disorders:
• Spontaneous bleeding in the skin, mucous membrane or internal tissue.
• Extensive or prolonged bleeding following trauma.
• Bleeding from more than one site.
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