The French astrologer, whose real name was Michel de Nostradame, made a series of predictions in his book Les Prophéties from 1555, but it was his final words which proved to be the most accurate. Nostradamus, who lived from 1503 to July 2 1566, was plagued by gout throughout his later life.
The ailment made it difficult for the philosopher to move towards the end as the gout turned into edema – a build up of fluid in the body’s tissue.
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