What health problem did George Frideric Handel experience in 1737?

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Oil portrait of composer Georg Frideric Handel by Thomas Hudson, showing Handel in a red coat with gold trim, white wig, and holding a sheet of music. — George Frideric Handel George Frideric Handel, oil on canvas by Thomas Hudson, c. 1736; in the Foundling Museum, London.

In 1737, following the bankruptcy of his opera company, George Frideric Handel suffered what appears to have been a mild stroke. He subsequently underwent a course of treatment at Aachen, Germany, which restored his health, allowing him to return to his prolific musical career.1