Picking on Karl Marx’s carbuncles

Reuters reports that a British scholar claims that Karl Marx, the great daddy of Communism, suffered from a skin condition that must have affected his writings. University of East Anglia dermatologist Professor Sam Shuster believes that Marx suffered from hidradenitis suppurativa, aka HS, or Acne Inversa. This curse (as Marx himself referred to his condition)… Continue reading Picking on Karl Marx’s carbuncles