Scientists discovered Chopin's death real cause

Frederick Chopin did not die of tuberculosis. Doubts about this have emerged after the composer autopsy. Ultimately genetic tests of artist’s heart can confirm this. Notes from an Frederic Chopin autopsy show that small tumors were located on the surface of his heart. It does not, however, confirm that this was because of tuberculosis. Most recent analysis of professor Wojciech Cichy from Medical Uniwerystetu in Poznan suggest that the symptoms could indicate mucoviscidosis.

- Also barrel-like chest, clavate fingers, and the fact that Chopin did not leave any children also confirm this – adds professor Cichy

Some Chopin’s biographers suggest that the cause of his death could be a rare form of asthma. But few other things support the thesis of mucoviscidosis: three sisters of famous composer died because of lungs problems, and the youngest sister, Emily, was extremely sickly and weak, she lived only 15 years.

Mucoviscidosis is one of the most common genetic diseases. Scientists will get a comparative material for Chopin’s genetic study from the corpse of his sister. She was buried at Warsaw's Powazki Cemetery.