Ikram Muhammad Qaiser, Sajjad Fazle Hakim, Salardini Arash
Behavioral Neurology Unit, Department of Neurology, Yale School of Medicine, CT, USA.
Behavioral Neurology Unit, Department of Neurology, Yale School of Medicine, CT, USA.
J Clin Neurosci. 2016 Jun;28:16-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2015.10.035. Epub 2016 Feb 5.
Henry VIII of England is one of the most controversial figures in European history. He was born on 28 June 1491 as the second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York and became the heir to the English throne after his elder brother died prematurely. A contradictory picture of Henry's character emerges from history: the young Henry was a vigorous, generous and intelligent king who saw early military and naval successes. In contrast, in his later years he became cruel, petty and tyrannical. His political paranoia and military misjudgements are in direct contrast to his earlier successes and promise. Several hypotheses have been put forward regarding his transformation from a renaissance king to a later medieval tyrant, including endocrinopathies, psychiatric illnesses and traumatic brain injury. In this paper we examine the historical evidence linking the change in Henry's personality and health problems to traumatic brain injury. To our knowledge this is the first systematic neurological study of traumatic brain injury in Henry VIII.
英格兰的亨利八世是欧洲历史上最具争议的人物之一。他于1491年6月28日出生，是亨利七世和约克的伊丽莎白的次子，在其兄长过早去世后成为英国王位继承人。历史呈现出亨利性格矛盾的一面：年轻的亨利是一位精力充沛、慷慨且聪慧的国王，早期在军事和海军方面取得了成功。相比之下，他在晚年变得残忍、狭隘且专制。他的政治偏执和军事误判与他早期的成功和前景形成了直接对比。关于他从一位文艺复兴时期的国王转变为后期中世纪暴君的原因，已经提出了几种假说，包括内分泌疾病、精神疾病和创伤性脑损伤。在本文中，我们审视了将亨利性格变化和健康问题与创伤性脑损伤联系起来的历史证据。据我们所知，这是对亨利八世创伤性脑损伤的首次系统性神经学研究。
