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I wonder if eating something he shouldn't have contributed to his mystery illness later in life.

One theory with a lot of evidence behind it is that he was a combination of lactose intolerant and depressed.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1743237/pdf/v08...

Was wondering the same thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_of_Charles_Darwin

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