Sudden whitening of the hair: an historical fiction?

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Skellett, Anne-Marie, Millington, George W M and Levell, Nick J ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3393-8305 (2008) Sudden whitening of the hair: an historical fiction? Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 101 (12). pp. 574-576. ISSN 0141-0768

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Abstract

Sudden hair whitening (canities) was first reported centuries ago. Although a rare event, it has affected well-known historical figures, including Sir Thomas Moore and Queen Marie Antoinette of France. Early reports are substantiated by more recent cases in the scientific literature. Often, there is association with psychological stress; in the two historical cases above, the condition is thought to have been a reaction to the sentence of execution. In this paper, we examine some case histories of those afflicted throughout history and discuss hypotheses to explain the phenomenon.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
Related URLs:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article...
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	11 Feb 2017 02:18
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2022 02:17
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/62460
DOI:	10.1258/jrsm.2008.080337

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