Jeffrey Epstein was a sick man. That’s hardly news. But a new dimension has been added to our understanding of him by the latest batch of files released by the Department of Justice. Physically, not just mentally and morally, Jeffrey Epstein was very, very unwell. For the better part of a decade, despite having billions of dollars and access to some of the world’s greatest practitioners of medicine, Epstein’s health only got worse. We can now follow his physical decline in depth – via emails and text messages, magazine clippings, scientific reports and website articles he saved – which is exactly what a number of internet sleuths have been doing.

On July 25, 2016, Epstein wrote to one of his long-term doctors, Bruce Moskowitz, and laid out everything that was wrong with his body at the time. “Bruce. lets summarize. angioedema. belly pattern, brain fog. sinus swollen. apnea – lumbar stenosis 1415, greatly reduced urine stream. – low libido bladder ultrasound negative, blood tests – low testosterone, high triglycerides. all cultures neg. semen urine. two cahill parasites positive, whipworm and hisiliyita. medicines to date – medrol.........

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