It seems like he either shot himself or died of venereal disease.
It may be taken at first for almost any fever, particularly typhoid, or for venereal disease or lymphangitis.
The theory that the King suffered from the venereal disease syphilis, was first put forward about a century after his death.
Aimed at the public, this brochure describes bovine trichomoniasis, a venereal disease of cattle caused by the parasite Tritrichomonas fetus.
Men were accusing many women of trying to have sex with them who had venereal disease.