Observatory: Rickets Plagued Children of the Medicis

Monday, June 17, 2013 - 20:30 in Health & Medicine

The bone disease, resulting from vitamin D deficiency and typically associated with the inferior diet and living conditions of the poor, may have been a consequence of the family’s vast wealth.

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