Liver failure, or cirrhosis, was the likely cause of Beethoven’s death brought about by a number of factors including his alcohol consumption, an international team of researchers said.
“We looked at possible genetic causes of his three main symptom complexes—the progressive hearing loss, the gastrointestinal symptoms and the liver disease ultimately leading to his death due to liver failure,” said Markus Nothen of the Institute of Human Genetics at the University Hospital of Bonn, one of the co-authors.
“At least in the last few months before his death he was infected with hepatitis B virus,” Krause said. One of the most-famous strands of hair, known as the “Hiller Lock,” which has been the subject of previous research and found to contain high levels of lead, was revealed not to be from Beethoven at all but from a woman.Beethoven, who was born in Bonn in 1770 and died in 1827, battled gastrointestinal problems at various times of his life as well as jaundice.
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