MySQL Delete: two similar codes, only one works - mysql

Question

I have two similar SQL queries to solve a problem, though only the second one works.
The problem is:
Considering only muscular disorders, write a query to delete the onsets, which ended up with recovery, of patients that contracted and cured at least two (muscular) diseases.
The database has this structure:
Onset (Patient,Pathology,OnsetDate,RecoveryDate)
Pathology (Name,BodyPart)
This is my first code:
DELETE ES.*
FROM Onset ES NATURAL JOIN
(
SELECT E.Patient, E.Pathology, E.OnsetDate
FROM Onset E INNER JOIN Pathology P ON E.Pathology=P.Name
WHERE P.BodyPart='Muscles'
AND E.RecoveryDate IS NOT NULL
AND 2<=(SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT E2.Pathology)
FROM Onset E2 INNER JOIN Pathology P2 ON E2.Pathology=P2.Name
WHERE P2.BodyPart='Muscles'
AND E2.Patient=E.Patient
AND E2.RecoveryDate IS NOT NULL
)
) AS D;
This is my second code:
DELETE E.* FROM Onset E
INNER JOIN Pathology PA ON E.Pathology = PA.Name
NATURAL JOIN(
SELECT E2.Patient
FROM Onset E2 INNER JOIN Pathology P ON E2.Pathology = P.Name
WHERE E2.RecoveryDate IS NOT NULL
AND P.BodyPart = 'Muscles'
GROUP BY E2.Patient
HAVING COUNT(DISTINCT E2.Pathology) >= 2
) AS D
WHERE PA.BodyPart = 'Muscles'
AND E.RecoveryDate IS NOT NULL;
The second code works fine, instead the first one returns me the common error:
Error Code: 1093. You can't specify target table 'ES' for update in
FROM clause
I know that it happens when you try to delete from a table that you use inside a subquery, and that you can bypass this using a derived table.
Though, both my codes use Onset inside a subquery, and both use a derived table. So, why the first one doesn't work, while the second does?
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

In delete clause remove the from clause
DELETE ES
NATURAL JOIN
(
SELECT E.Patient, E.Pathology, E.OnsetDate
FROM Onset E INNER JOIN Pathology P ON E.Pathology=P.Name
WHERE P.BodyPart='Muscles'
AND E.RecoveryDate IS NOT NULL
AND 2<=(SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT E2.Pathology)
FROM Onset E2 INNER JOIN Pathology P2 ON E2.Pathology=P2.Name
WHERE P2.BodyPart='Muscles'
AND E2.Patient=E.Patient
AND E2.RecoveryDate IS NOT NULL
)
) AS D;
be sure you have a proper (where) condition;