New theory about Mozart's death

Austrian Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart may have died of a lack of vitamin D, a theory by US and Austrian scientists.

Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

According to Emax Health , William B.Grant expert of the Center for Health, Nutrition and Sunlight Research in San Francisco (USA) and Stephen Pilz of Graz University of Medicine (Austria) have hypothesized. on a letter was posted in Medical Problems of Performing Arts.

Mozart, author of more than 600 classical songs, died at age 35 on December 5, 1979, the winter time was about 2-3 months and the sun was extremely rare. According to researchers, about the cause of Mozart's death, the possibility of vitamin D deficiency has been overlooked.

In the above letter, the researchers wrote that at the latitude of the 48-degree north of Vienna, where Mozart lived during his lifetime, 'it is not possible to make vitamin D from ultraviolet B light for 6 months of the year ' . They also said that Mozart composed mainly at night. Very low blood levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D contributed to his death. This ability is also related to infectious diseases such as fever, sore throat and cold that Mozart had suffered from 1762 - 1783, from mid-October to mid-May.

According to scientists, this study is important for modern musicians who are more likely to become ill due to the lack of this essential vitamin. The case of Jacqueline Mary du Pré - one of the most famous cello musicians in the world - died at age 42 because multiple sclerosis was associated with a lack of vitamin D, a warning for musicians.