The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 19, May 11, 2003, Article 9

NEWTON'S AFFLICTION

  Regarding last week's note about minter Issac Newton and
  Asperger's Syndrome, Martin Purdy writes: "I've also seen
  articles suggesting that Newton had Asperger's Syndrome, a
  form of mild autism.  However, an item in the New Zealand
  Numismatic Journal, December 2000, by Dr. K.A. Rodgers
  (Correspondence, page 30), suggests that Newton was
  afflicted with heavy metal poisoning from having dealt at close
  range with mercury, antimony and arsenic, which ultimately
  resulted in his being "mad as a hatter" - perhaps we need
  look no further than this?

  Regarding Newton's lectures to an empty room, he adds:
  "If no one was there, how did anyone know?  Sounds a bit
  fanciful to me!

  If a lecturer delivers a talk to an empty room, does he make
  a sound?"

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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