tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post6190570666718439543..comments2024-03-23T15:35:20.874-05:00Comments on Tudor Q and A: Question from Michelle - Henry's leg ulcerLarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16630629272030282584noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-12616784644399593832017-12-30T18:43:00.556-06:002017-12-30T18:43:00.556-06:00Does anyone know what they applied to his leg that...Does anyone know what they applied to his leg that was in the white mesh sack that his last wife took care ofTdwk71https://www.blogger.com/profile/06004007947308184556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-76433640985988853902015-10-29T13:21:12.745-05:002015-10-29T13:21:12.745-05:00I thought it was syphilis that caused the stinky s...I thought it was syphilis that caused the stinky sores, everyone had it in those days charleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14733572183741789439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-40609860663226787322011-11-02T19:44:13.909-05:002011-11-02T19:44:13.909-05:00osteomyelitis is the most reasonable answer. I am ...osteomyelitis is the most reasonable answer. I am a student nurse and we have seen and studied alot of infections. In doing some research there would be an infection in the bone and muscle tissue causing ulcers discribed as to what King Henry had.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-86720633268069959102011-06-14T02:55:56.909-05:002011-06-14T02:55:56.909-05:00Is it not shown as an old jousting injury that jus...Is it not shown as an old jousting injury that just did not heal due to poor management and lack of health care in those days. In most portrayals of his life this is the version I have seen most often as the cause of his suppurating leg.Rozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786906893735896733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-24178202708495157212009-06-11T01:43:50.754-05:002009-06-11T01:43:50.754-05:00Henry was fond of tight leggings, and of course ac...Henry was fond of tight leggings, and of course activities like hunting and jousting, which required their own tight armor or clothing. This can cause varicose veins in the long term, which eventually ulcerate and heal as they come to the surface of the skin and/or are untreated. In Henry's case, it is even worse because the docs of the day kept the wound open over the years to "let the infection out" and did not let it heal! No wonder he was so grumpy in his later years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-74833203937614376222009-02-14T19:39:00.000-06:002009-02-14T19:39:00.000-06:00Although Henry VIII was a prime candidate for diab...Although Henry VIII was a prime candidate for diabetes, I find it highly unlikely that he suffered from the disease. 16th century doctors knew how to detect type 2 diabetes mellitus by tasting urine. If a patient had sweet urine then there was a high probability that they had the “sugar disease.” With Henry’s bodily excretions so closely examined, I find it hard to believe that his physician didn’t bother to note a sweet taste in his urine and prescribe the appropriate cure to balance his humours. <BR/><BR/>Historian Susan Kybett Maclean believes Henry’s ulcer did not heal because of scurvy. (Scurvy causes wounds to form puss, irritability, headaches etc.). I am not in the medical profession, but I personally think it is impossible to diagnose a patient of the past. Really, there are a thousand different conditions that could have caused Henry's leg ulcer.Bearded Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06182921236123895352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16981893.post-20867175009319635692009-02-13T23:46:00.000-06:002009-02-13T23:46:00.000-06:00I addressed the possible origins of the leg ulcer ...I addressed the possible origins of the leg ulcer in the post to which Lara provided a link. The most likely causes are osteomyelitis or necrosis resulting from poor circulation that itself resulted from obesity. <BR/><BR/>While diabetics do often suffer ulcerations of the feet and legs, those complications are seen only in long-term diabetes (many years). Because diabetes was untreatable in the 16th century, it is unlikely that Henry had it long term ... if he had it at all. <BR/><BR/>I would be very curious to know which historians have said that Henry due to gangrene or septicemia (blood poisoning). Certainly both are possible, but the group of symptoms reported at this death support other causes as well. Not least of those is congestive heart failure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com