Pinkie test confirms Charles V suffered gout

Chicago Sun-Times | August 3, 2006| | Copyright

NEW YORK -- A 450-year-old piece of Charles V's pinkie lends support to the theory that it was gout that led one of the most powerful rulers of all time to abdicate.

Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, whose empire stretched across Europe and included Spanish America, was diagnosed with gout in early adulthood. By the end of his reign in 1556, he was a crippled man who could barely walk at times or ride a horse, said Dr. Pedro Luis Fernandez, a pathologist at the University of Barcelona.

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