print email comment close Arsenic and King George III URL: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/george.html Description: Discussion of a study that concludes "medication laced with arsenic may have contributed to [King George's] mental problems." Scientists have suggested that George III's poor physical health and episodes of mental instability "were caused by porphyria -- a rare inherited blood disorder. New studies have revealed another possible contributing cause for the King's problems: arsenic poisoning." Includes links to sites about porphyria. Part of the Neuroscience for Kids site. Author: Chudler, Eric H. Extra Keywords madness hair Library of Congress Subject Headings: Arsenic George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 Mental illness People Porphyria LII Database Information: Record 21758 created by Maria Brandt on 06/05/2006 Last modification on 06/08/2006 Published: 06/08/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/21758