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Vincent van Gogh y la conexión de la tujona
1Department of Biochemistry, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66103.
JAMA
|November 25, 1988
Resumen
Vincent van Gogh fue uno de ellos.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Neurología Neurología.
- Toxicología Toxicología.
- La historia del arte, la historia del arte.
Sus antecedentes:
- Las alucinaciones y los ataques de Vincent van Gogh en los últimos años de su vida se atribuían previamente a una psicosis congénita.
- La evidencia sugiere que el consumo excesivo de alcohol y la adicción a la absenta exacerbaron su condición.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para explorar el papel potencial de la adicción a los tujones y terpenos en los síntomas neurológicos y conductuales de Vincent van Gogh.
- Para reevaluar comportamientos previamente inexplicables, como comer sustancias no alimentarias, a la luz de un potencial deseo de terpenos.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis de los relatos históricos de la vida y las cartas de van Gogh.
- Revisión de los efectos toxicológicos conocidos del componente de la absenta, la tujona.
- Examen de la afinidad documentada de van Gogh con el alcanfor y el pineno, que están químicamente relacionados con el tujón.
Principales resultados:
- El consumo de absenta de Van Gogh y la toxicidad potencial de la tujona se alinean con sus síntomas neurológicos reportados, incluidas las convulsiones.
- La evidencia sugiere que van Gogh tenía una afinidad por los terpenos, lo que posiblemente indica un deseo anormal (pica).
- Este antojo de terpenos puede explicar su comportamiento inusual, como intentar ingerir pinturas.
Conclusiones:
- El contenido de tujona de la absenta probablemente exacerbó la condición subyacente de Vincent van Gogh.
- Una posible adicción a los terpenos podría ofrecer una explicación unificadora para sus diversos y severos síntomas, incluidas la psicosis y la pica.
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