Not only was Henry knocked unconscious for a couple of hours, but he also sustained wounds to his legs. His wounds festered for over ten years. It was said that the stench from Henry’s seeping ulcerated leg wounds was so bad that it filled the nostrils of people three rooms away. Henry and his physicians tried all sorts of lotions and potions. Whilst many today point the finger solely at diabetes, the wounds may have been an osteomyelitis. Osteomyelitis is a debilitating infection within the bones that can produce tracking fistulae, abscesses that become tunnels leading to the skin and the
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