{"id":12883,"date":"2022-03-12T09:02:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T09:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/?p=12883"},"modified":"2022-03-12T09:02:55","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T09:02:55","slug":"what-was-ernest-hemingways-blood-type","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/what-was-ernest-hemingways-blood-type\/","title":{"rendered":"What was Ernest Hemingway&#8217;s blood type?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new 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href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ernest_Hemingway#cite_note-Burwell_p234-169\">[163]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0his father may have had\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hereditary_hemochromatosis\">hereditary hemochromatosis<\/a>, whereby the excessive accumulation of iron in tissues culminates in mental and physical deterioration.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ernest_Hemingway#cite_note-Burwell_p14-170\">[164]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0Medical records made available in 1991 confirmed that Hemingway had been diagnosed with hemochromatosis in early 1961.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ernest_Hemingway#cite_note-Burwell_p189-171\">[165]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0His sister Ursula and his brother\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leicester_Hemingway\">Leicester<\/a>\u00a0also killed themselves.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ernest_Hemingway#cite_note-172\">[166]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0Other theories have arisen to explain Hemingway&#8217;s decline in mental health, including that multiple\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Concussion\">concussions<\/a>\u00a0during his life may have caused him to develop\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy\">chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)<\/a>, leading to his eventual suicide.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ernest_Hemingway#cite_note-173\">[167]<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ernest_Hemingway#cite_note-174\">[168]<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ernest_Hemingway#cite_note-175\">[169]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0Hemingway&#8217;s health was further complicated by heavy drinking throughout most of his life.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ernest_Hemingway#cite_note-Desnoyers_p12-119\">[116]<\/a><\/sup><br><br> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed 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class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"What was Ernest Hemingway&#039;s blood type?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso 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himself;\u00a0his father may have had\u00a0hereditary hemochromatosis, whereby the excessive accumulation of iron in tissues culminates in mental and physical deterioration.\u00a0Medical records made available in 1991 confirmed that Hemingway had been diagnosed with hemochromatosis in early 1961.\u00a0His sister Ursula and his brother\u00a0Leicester\u00a0also killed themselves.\u00a0Other theories have arisen to explain Hemingway&#8217;s decline in mental health, including that multiple\u00a0concussions\u00a0during his life may have caused him to develop\u00a0chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), leading to his eventual suicide.\u00a0Hemingway&#8217;s health was further complicated by heavy drinking throughout most of his life.<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img 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