Much of what we know about sweating sickness comes from the writings of British physician John Caius, who was at ground zero ...

Life in Tudor England was hard and you had to be tough ... One of the most feared was the sweating sickness, a mystery summer illness that could dispose of its victims within 24 hours.

Unfortunately their marriage was to be short lived as Arthur contracted what may have been "sweating sickness" and died shortly afterwards. Catherine stayed on in England and was betrothed to ...