I noticed that a new program entitled “Alexander the Great’s Mysterious Death” on the Discovery Channel has put forward the hypothesis that Alexander died from an accidental overdose of hellebore, a poisonous plant used to induced vomiting in ancientimes. Back in 1998, however, a group of doctors gathered for a clinical pathology conference at the University of Maryland Medical Center expressed their belief that Alexander was killed by an intestinal bug: Alexander the Great, who ruled much of the ancient world until his death in 323 BC, was conquered at age 32 not by an enemy, but possibly by a tiny intestinal bug. In an analysis based on available historical records, physicians at the University of Maryland Medical Center believe that Alexander was the victim of typhoid fever. Their analysis, titled, “A Mysterious Death,” is published in the June 11 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The most popular theories among historians previously have been that Alexander was poisoned or had died of malaria. In the week before he died, historical accounts say Alexander the Great had chills, sweats, exhaustion and high fever, all of which are typical symptoms of certain infectious diseases, including typhoid fever. “He was also described as having severe abdominal pain, causing him to cry out in agony,” says David W. Oldach, an infectious disease expert at the University of Maryland Medical Center and lead author of the article. “That was an important clue, because …

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