An analysis of three letters written by Vlad the Impaler conclude that he may have suffered from a condition that caused him to cry tears of blood.
Vlad the Impaler, also known as Count Vlad Drăculea, was not only a blood-thirsty and ruthless leader, but he also suffered from a rare condition that caused him to cry tears of blood, a new study suggests.
Historians estimate that more than 80,000 people died at the warlord's orders by being impaled by a sharp object. The count is perhaps best known for being Irish author Bram Stoker's inspiration for his 1897 novel"Dracula," according to the study.To learn more about the bloodthirsty warlord, researchers used a technique called mass spectrometry that involved carefully applying ethylene-vinyl acetate, a polymer, to the letters, then removing it.
However, the biggest find was from a letter he penned in A.D. 1475 that carried three peptides found in proteins of the retina and tears. Based on the features of these peptides, they concluded that he likely suffered from hemolacria, a condition in which blood is present in tears.
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