Abstract
Background: The article makes an attempt to define health state and probable illnesses of the last hetman of Ukraine Kyrylo Rozumovskyi in the last years of his life.
 Methods: The study is based on using and analyzing of the memoirs and biography books, containing records and detailed description of health state of K. Rozumovskyi, and documentary archive materials with the samples of his handwriting. To analyze the handwriting of K. Rozumovskyi, the special graphological test developed by Polish physicians of National Health Institute in cooperation with psychologists and graphologists was used.
 Results: According to the authors’ conclusions, K. Rozumovskyi suffered from diabetes mellitus, gout, and ischemic heart disease. He was vulnerable to common cold also. It is assumed that these diseases contributed to the myocardial infarction which caused his death in 1803.
 Conclusion: Considering the lack of the system of professional medicine in XVII, XVIII, early XIX century, using graphological method for determining the health of well-known people of these times, is effective.
 Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.19(1) 2020 p.90-93
Highlights
The historic past is directly intertwined with human activity
In 1800 Andriy Rozumovskyi wrote about health state of his father in the letter to his wife from Baturyn: “He moves from the bedroom to the livingroom with difficulty and quietly with one arm on the crutch and the other on his valet
Certain information as to the health state is provided by the documents containing the handwriting samples of Kyrylo Rozumovskyi
Summary
The historic past is directly intertwined with human activity. In what way a person could influence the course and character of events and processes? The historical and biographical studies allow answering this question. The attempt of graphodiagnostics of health state of the last hetman of Ukraine Kyrylo Rozumovskyi using samples of his handwriting It is unknown when the health state of Kyrylo Rozumovskyi started to worsened.
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