Editing Alfred Nobel (section)

===Health issues and death===
[[File:Nobel's death mask.jpg|thumb|Alfred Nobel's [[death mask]], at [[Björkborn Manor]], Nobel's residence in [[Karlskoga]], Sweden]]
In his letters to his mistress, Hess, Nobel described constant pain, debilitating migraines, and "paralyzing" fatigue, leading some to believe that he suffered from [[fibromyalgia]]. However, his concerns at the time were dismissed as [[hypochondria]], leading to further [[Depression (mood)|depression]].<ref>{{Cite journal | url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19078079/ | title=Alfred nobel | first=L. R. | last=Holmin | journal=Journal of Clinical Rheumatology: Practical Reports on Rheumatic & Musculoskeletal Diseases | date=1996 | volume=2 | issue=5 | pages=251–256 | doi=10.1097/00124743-199610000-00004 | pmid=19078079 | via=[[United States National Library of Medicine]] | access-date=12 June 2024 | archive-date=12 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612151228/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19078079/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

By 1895, Nobel had developed [[angina pectoris]].<ref name=eb/>

On 27 November 1895, he finalized his [[will and testament]],<ref name=health/><ref name=will>{{Cite web | url=https://www.nobelprize.org/alfred-nobel/alfred-nobels-will/ | title=Alfred Nobel's will | date=6 September 2019 | publisher=[[Nobel Prize]] | access-date=12 June 2024 | archive-date=27 June 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627053525/https://www.nobelprize.org/alfred-nobel/alfred-nobels-will/ | url-status=live }}</ref> leaving most of his wealth in trust, unbeknownst to his family, to fund the [[Nobel Prize]] awards.<ref name=eb/><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/26/health/26docs.html | title=Alfred Nobel and the Prize That Almost Didn't Happen | first=Lawrence K. | last=Altman | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=26 September 2006 | url-access=subscription | access-date=12 June 2024 | archive-date=21 July 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721202111/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/26/health/26docs.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/kidspost/2022/12/05/what-are-nobel-prizes/ | title=Nobel Prizes started when one scientist chose to honor other innovators | first=Marylou | last=Tousignant | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | date=5 December 2022 | url-access=subscription}}</ref>

On 10 December 1896, he suffered a [[stroke]]/[[intracerebral hemorrhage]] and was first partially paralyzed and then died, aged 63.<ref name=health>{{Cite web | url=https://www.nobelprize.org/alfred-nobel/alfred-nobels-health-and-his-interest-in-medicine/ | title=Alfred Nobel's health and his interest in medicine | first=Nils | last=Ringertz | date=25 March 2014 | publisher=[[Nobel Prize]]}}</ref> He is buried in [[Norra begravningsplatsen]] in Stockholm.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/alfred-nobels-grave | title=Alfred Nobel's Grave | work=[[Atlas Obscura]] | access-date=12 June 2024 | archive-date=22 April 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422101423/https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/alfred-nobels-grave | url-status=live }}</ref>

Based on his experimentation with explosives, his strenuous work habit, and the decline in his health at the end of the 1870s, some hypothesize that [[nitroglycerine]] poisoning was a contributing factor to his death.<ref>{{Cite journal | url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9352499/ | title=Could nitroglycerine poisoning be the cause of Alfred Nobel's anginal pains and premature death? | first=S. S. | last=Kantha | journal=Medical Hypotheses | via=[[United States National Library of Medicine]] | date=October 1997 | volume=49 | issue=4 | pages=303–306 | doi=10.1016/s0306-9877(97)90195-x | pmid=9352499 | access-date=12 June 2024 | archive-date=12 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612151226/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9352499/ | url-status=live }}</ref>