Posted on 08/29/2007 6:53:44 AM PDT by stm
VIENNA, Austria — Did someone kill Beethoven? A Viennese pathologist claims the composer's physician did — inadvertently overdosing him with lead in a case of a cure that went wrong.
Other researchers are not convinced, but there is no controversy about one fact: The master had been a very sick man years before his death in 1827.
Previous research determined that Beethoven had suffered from lead poisoning, first detecting toxic levels of the metal in his hair and then, two years ago, in bone fragments. Those findings strengthened the belief that lead poisoning may have contributed — and ultimately led — to his death at age 57.
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Nowadays the family would be looking for someone to sue.
Yes, and now he's decomposing.
Did Chinese medical instruments lead to the lead poisoning?
The doctor put the stuff into Beethoven's fifth.
hmmmm..we can send nifong to investigate..
Tell Tchaikovsky the news.
ba-dum, ching!
The one where he put on Raybans and was doing Ray Charles’ songs was too much. I can’t remember the time I laughed harder than I did with that one.
That relationship certainly ended on a sour note!
That relationship certainly ended on a sour note!
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Ack. Very punny.
Let’s not forget the Joe Cocker!
Those, along with the Samurai _________ (fill in the blank) skits were some of the funniest John ever did. The world of comedy world lost a great one with his passing.
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