tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post9168777755825777797..comments2023-10-12T02:21:40.102-07:00Comments on English Historical Fiction Authors: George III's Golden JubileeDebra Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-75971213206596754462012-06-24T02:36:28.170-07:002012-06-24T02:36:28.170-07:00Good heavens, the poor man was tortured, no less, ...Good heavens, the poor man was tortured, no less, in the name of medication! A king being treated like that! What hope did the normal people have?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-24013303409038858232012-06-17T21:28:37.417-07:002012-06-17T21:28:37.417-07:00Wow, can you imagine... the treatment was horrendo...Wow, can you imagine... the treatment was horrendous in those days, and not sure actually in truth how it is treated today. So many suffer from a similar "malcontent" but at least today there seems to be a bit more understanding as to the cause, and treatment...What a shame...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-87336260333873843302012-06-14T15:13:17.845-07:002012-06-14T15:13:17.845-07:00A wonderful post, Regina! It is believed now that ...A wonderful post, Regina! It is believed now that George III did indeed suffer from porphyria, a genetic disorder where an important part of hemoglobin, called heme, is not made properly. Sufferers of Porphyria are not "mad" but they do have abrupt changes in personality, amongst other debilitating symptoms, which lead people to think the person is quite off their tree!<br /><br />I have an elderly aunt who suffers with porphyria and we suspect so did two of her brothers and certainly her father, my maternal grandfather, (though before the time of proper diagnosis) also suffered from the disease. As a consequence, family members all suffer, particularly during sudden attacks. Thank goodness for modern medicine and diagnosis!<br /><br />It makes me very sad to read how George III was treated. A wonderful movie on the subject is "The Madness of King George" starring Nigel Hawthorne and Helen Mirren. You can read more about the disease here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002188/<br />Thanks for sharing!Lucinda Branthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09773969616612019527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-66232704737382395822012-06-14T11:53:22.545-07:002012-06-14T11:53:22.545-07:00In America this weekend, there are celebrations fo...In America this weekend, there are celebrations for victories during the War of 1812. When I heard of them, I thought of how devastated George III was with the loss.Regina Jeffershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625258900926909602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-70867505883953092092012-06-14T11:49:49.559-07:002012-06-14T11:49:49.559-07:00I recall the show, but I couldn't recall the d...I recall the show, but I couldn't recall the diagnosis. It is amazing that he could continue his reign with all the chaos.Regina Jeffershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625258900926909602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-71016205722494311182012-06-14T07:55:22.454-07:002012-06-14T07:55:22.454-07:00The madness was caused by porphyria--it ran in the...The madness was caused by porphyria--it ran in the family and was caused or exacerbated by the frequent intermarriage between the various cousins of the German royal families. His son certainly suffered from it as well, as did his grand-daughter, Princess Charlotte. <br /><br />George III was also, in his last years, both blind and deaf, and they kept him incarcerated at Windsor. There are drawings of him from that time, with his white hair, very long and combed out...And the nation referred to him affectionately as "Farmer George". Because he had so loved farming, and the land and countryside, and had done so much to further the agricultural revolution in Britain...(which went down really well with the land-owning and farming community that made up much of the populace then.)M.M. Bennettshttp://www.mmbennetts.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-87418383841267748622012-06-14T06:50:30.938-07:002012-06-14T06:50:30.938-07:00Very interesting. There was a program about his ma...Very interesting. There was a program about his madness quite a few years ago saying they thought his madness was probably Porphyria. They talked to someone who suffers from it now.Jenna Dawlishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17041431937600905275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-47235058300785062512012-06-14T01:41:45.164-07:002012-06-14T01:41:45.164-07:00That's so sad...That's so sad...Phoebe's Sistershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03548739602100284299noreply@blogger.com