Medical Mysteries, Series 3 - Mozart, and Tourette's syndrome

One of the most famous of all musicians, but what was his cause of death? And where is his final resting place? Did he have the specific behavioural disorder called Tourette syndrome?

Medical Mysteries, Series 3 - Frederick 3rd of Prussia, and the larynx

Did this famous German ruler die of a disease of the larynx? Which then opens up a raft of questions about this mysterious part of the body.

Medical Mysteries, Series 3 - Helen Keller, and Scarlett fever

A truly remarkable woman, Helen Keller's story has been immensely inspirational, being deaf, mute and blind. But what caused such a catastrophic ailment. Was it scarlett fever?

Medical Mysteries, Series 3 - Maximilien Robespierre, and sarcoidosis

A Frenchman, "The Incorruptible", a lawyer and statesman from the 18th century. He had a large array of illnesses in his short life, he was continually ill. Did he have sarcoidosis, which is a very strange disease?

Medical Mysteries, Series 3 - Edgar Allen Poe, and rabies

One of the great authors of history, but how did he die? Could it have been due to rabies, which is a mysterious disease in itself?

Medical Mysteries, Series 3 - Galileo, and glaucoma

No, not the Italian genius, but the great Irish thoroughbred of the same name. Why was he so famous? But of course we cannot have an episode with this name without mentioning one of the greatest of astronomers. In the modern section, we talk about glaucoma.

Medical Mysteries, Series 3 - Super Old-age, and cryonics

In the first episode of Series Three, this first episode talks about getting old, and especially those people in history who got to be more than a century old. And what about cryonics, the supposed method of freezing people to bring them back to life?

Medical Mysteries, Series 3 - Baron Dupatron, and Dupatron's contracture

A French anatomist and military surgeon, he has become famous for Dupuytren's contracture, a finger deformity named after him. But was it really the Baron who first identified this ailment?

Medical Mysteries, Series 2 - Christopher Columbus, and gout.

One of the great explorers from the 15th Century, but did he suffer from the inflammatory arthritis called gout?

Medical Mysteries, Series 2 - Charles ll, and leukemia

There's a mystery about the death this 17th Century King of England, but maybe it had something to do with his seizures. The treatment given to him then was hard to believe, including the weird practice of blood-letting.