Scientists Find Scurvy in Mouth of Long-Dead, Failed Crusader King

[PHDNM]

Scientists Find Scurvy in Mouth of Long-Dead, Failed Crusader King

One of the last crusader kings had scurvy when he died, a new forensic analysis finds — contradicting old narratives that he died of plague or dysentery.

The new find comes from an old jawbone that was buried in Notre Dame Cathedral. It was said to belong to Louis IX, a king of France who died besieging Tunis during the Eighth Crusade in 1270 and was later canonized as St. Louis. They found forensic evidence that the bone did indeed come from St. Louis, and that he had a severe case of scurvy when he died. The results of their examinations were made available online June 8 in the Journal of Stomatology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

https://www.livescience.com/65778-cr...is-scurvy.html

[billErobreren]

The poor bastard, awful way to go. However a less painful admission than dysentery. Was this the Saint Louis?

[WinterCrusader]

i think main reason medieval Europeans contacted scurvy is eating less vegetables and fruits and more Meats and Fish.

also theres not such thing as Failed Crusader.

[renaissance12]

You can have scurvy and die of the plague ....