Did Mozart Die from Eating Pork?

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Did Mozart Die From Eating Pork?

 

In a review of testimonials, medical records, biographies and correspondences,

one American researcher has found evidence that trichinosis -- an illness he

would have contracted from eating undercooked pork -- is the most likely cause

of Mozart's demise.

 

 

There are no remains of Mozart, so no theory can be fully proved or

disproved...but this explanation would answer all the issues brought forth by

the features of his death as they have been described

 

 

In describing the artist's passing at the age of 35 in 1791, the author notes

that Mozart's body was never autopsied and his remains were lost 7 years later

when his grave was dug up for reuse. Complicating matters is the fact that prior

to his death, Mozart was convinced that he was being poisoned -- although he

never identified a perpetrator.

 

 

The author offers as damning evidence an innocuous little letter Mozart wrote to

his wife 44 days before his illness began, as documented in a 1999 biography.

 

" What do I smell? ... pork cutlets! Che Gusto (What a delicious taste). I eat to

your health, " Mozart wrote.

 

If his final illness was indeed trichinosis, whose incubation period is up to 50

days, Mozart may have unwittingly disclosed the precise cause of his death -

those very pork chops.

 

Mozart died 15 days after he became ill. His doctors offered only a vague cause

of death - severe miliary fever " - and no autopsy was performed.

 

 

Compatriots pointed a finger at rival contemporary composer Antonio Salieri as a

possible plotter -- a suggestion that Hirschmann dismisses as lacking in motive

and substance.

 

 

The researcher also contradicts the notion that Mozart accidentally

overmedicated himself with mercury for the treatment of syphilis. He further

contends that Mozart's high energy level and output up until the last few months

of his life argue against the idea that he suffered from some drawn-out chronic

illness.

 

 

It is when the author ponders trichinosis that he establishes what he believes

to be the most satisfying theory of Mozart's death. The infection, which usually

occurs when people eat parasite-contaminated pork, produces symptoms strikingly

similar to what is known about the composer's illness.

 

 

Not yet clinically identified in Mozart's time, the infection would typically

kill a patient within 2 to 3 weeks. After isolating written evidence that Mozart

did eat pork -- as late as 44 days prior to his death -- Hirschmann concludes

that the extreme swelling, vomiting, fever, rashes and severe pain the artist

experienced are all best explained by trichinosis.

 

 

Archives of Internal Medicine June 11, 2001;161:1381-1389

 

 

 

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DR. MERCOLA'S COMMENT:

 

An interesting theory. It does underline the fact that eating pork can be deadly

and at the very least, very unhealthy. Trichinosis is not much of an issue today

in most countries. Less than 2% of those infected actually die from the disease.

 

Drugs since have been developed that can kill the worms and treat the symptoms,

and fatal cases now are rare.

 

 

Dr. Klinghardt has some fairly compelling evidence that Mozart was indeed killed

by the drugs of his day that he was using to treat his syphilis.

 

 

Either way, it does appear that Mozart met his death prematurely as a result of

acquiring an infection. Following the food choice program would have either

eliminated it in the case of trichinosis, or improved his immune system, in the

case of syphilis.

 

 

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http://www.mercola.com/2001/jun/23/mozart_pork.htm

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