L&T Archive 1998-2003

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] So would it have been done when she was starting to go black around the face?

] Black around the face? Is that what happens with Addison's disease?

It can be one of the symptoms apparently. And in her letters Jane refers to her face being black and white and (I think) other colours. However it isn't absolutely certain that she died of Addison's disease. I expect we'll cover this in the next MT!

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The portrait of Jane Austen
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Black around the Face?
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