Journal of Medical Biography > Volume 17, Number 3 > Pp. 161-164

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Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900): a classical case of mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) syndrome?

Christiane Koszka  

Correspondence: Christiane Koszka PhD, Anton-Krieger-Gasse 110, A-1230 Wien (Vienna), Austria (email: ckoszka{at}aon.at)

Friedrich Nietzsche was one of the most influential and profound German philosophers. After prolonged illness, he died at the age of 55 in Weimar, Germany. The interest in his medical biography has always been strong while the cause of his illness and death has remained a mystery, intriguing philosophers as well as physicians. The diagnosis of syphilis proposed in the 19th century has been controversial until today and many other diagnoses have been discussed. This paper suggests that Nietzsche suffered from mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes syndrome.

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