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TO LISTEN. Doctors diagnose her with rheumatism, while Marie-Thérèse suffers from an abscess that will eventually kill her.
By Frédéric Lewino and Gwendoline Dos Santos
Published on 07/30/2019 at 02:00 – Modified on 07/30/2023 at 02:01
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On July 20, 1683, the king and queen returned to Versailles after a trip to Burgundy and Alsace. Marie-Thérèse has grown even bigger, she has become a real little ball. Four days later, she begins to complain of a lump under her left arm. On July 27, the fever won her. Invited to his bedside, the doctors actually noted the lump under his armpit, but these imbeciles, confirming all the bad things that Molière thinks of them, diagnose rheumatism. They order the only remedy they know: bloodletting. The next day, the queen’s health continued to deteriorate. The temperature rises, the pain increases. She doesn’t even have the strength to read her mail anymore. The three doctors of the king and queen, Aquin, Fagon and Moreau, hold…
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