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The last Medici may not have died of syphilis after all

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Exhumed bones of Anna Maria Louisa de' Medici show no signs of late-stage syphilis.

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Abbott, A. The last Medici may not have died of syphilis after all. Nature (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2013.12435

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