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Study: Mistress of French King Died From Drinking Too Much Gold
Fox ^ | Dec 17, 2009

Posted on 12/17/2009 8:58:45 AM PST by RDTF

LONDON — A British medical journal has published findings saying a mistress of 16th-century French King Henry II may have died from consuming too much drinkable gold.

When French experts dug up the remains of Diane de Poitiers last year, they found high levels of gold in her hair.

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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: france; godsgravesglyphs; gold; royals
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"Despite being two decades older than King Henry, de Poitiers was one of his favorites."

Now that's a Cougar!

1 posted on 12/17/2009 8:58:45 AM PST by RDTF
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To: SunkenCiv

ping


2 posted on 12/17/2009 8:59:03 AM PST by RDTF (How can you have a terrorist sympathizer counseling soldiers coming back from killing terrorists??)
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To: RDTF

3 posted on 12/17/2009 8:59:56 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: RDTF

It's good to be the King.

4 posted on 12/17/2009 9:00:17 AM PST by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: RDTF

Isn’t gold supposed to be totally inert??


5 posted on 12/17/2009 9:01:11 AM PST by wendy1946 ( The claim here is that)
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Isn’t gold supposed to be totally inert??

Apparantly, gold is totally in-her.

6 posted on 12/17/2009 9:02:31 AM PST by Lazamataz (DEFINITION: rac-ist (rA'sis't) 1. Anyone who disagrees with a liberal about any topic.)
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To: RDTF
Remember James Bond “Goldfinger” movie and the great Shirley Bassey song with the very strong one-word opening line in her deep resonant voice.

“Gooooollld-Feengah!”

If they ever did this story as a movie, it could be “Gooold-Stomachkkkk!”

I know..... I'm sorry..... It was a long flight..... I'm tired!

:)

7 posted on 12/17/2009 9:03:57 AM PST by MindBender26 (Never kick Dems when they're down. Wait 'till they're 1/2 way back up. You get much better leverage!)
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re #7: Great minds.....


8 posted on 12/17/2009 9:04:46 AM PST by MindBender26 (Never kick Dems when they're down. Wait 'till they're 1/2 way back up. You get much better leverage!)
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re #7: Great minds.....


9 posted on 12/17/2009 9:04:59 AM PST by MindBender26 (Never kick Dems when they're down. Wait 'till they're 1/2 way back up. You get much better leverage!)
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To: RDTF

heavy metal poisoning...


10 posted on 12/17/2009 9:05:27 AM PST by stefanbatory (Weed out the RINOs! Sign the pledge. conservativepledge.org)
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To: RDTF

I love to read about this time period. In fact, I am now reading a book about Mary, Queen of Scots, the daughter-in-law of Henry II. The whole situation of Henry, Diane, and Catherine de Medici was quite interesting.


11 posted on 12/17/2009 9:07:22 AM PST by Hoosier Catholic Momma (Arkansas resident of Hoosier upbringing--Yankee with a southern twang)
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To: wendy1946

Chemically inert, pretty much.

I’m not a medical expert; but I question the conclusion. Just like the whole Silicone breast implant fiasco, Silicone is inert, and gazillions of dollars were paid out to court cases that were decided by emotion and bad science, rather than scientific fact.

I don’t see how Gold could be a poison, unless it behaves like a Heavy Metal (ie mercury) and simply plugs up the system. If Gold is toxic, then there are liquours with gold flakes in them, on the market that are deadly - and I find that hard to believe.


12 posted on 12/17/2009 9:08:01 AM PST by Hodar (Who needs laws .... when this "feels" so right?)
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To: RDTF

This phenomonom has been well documented and even continues today. Look at this recent police tape...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG2xjCH9cTI

Starts at 0:52...


13 posted on 12/17/2009 9:08:03 AM PST by surfer
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To: dfwgator

Was she huffing gold paint?


14 posted on 12/17/2009 9:09:23 AM PST by goseminoles
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Don’t you mean “Garnet and Gold” paint? ;)


15 posted on 12/17/2009 9:10:25 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Hoosier Catholic Momma

And the name of the book is? I love reading of that time too.


16 posted on 12/17/2009 9:11:50 AM PST by tillacum
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To: wendy1946

No element is totally inert, not even the famously inert noble gasses. Gold is pretty inert, but it is also poisonous, just like lead, silver, mercury, arsenic, and most other metals.


17 posted on 12/17/2009 9:14:05 AM PST by Boogieman
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Met Shirley Eaton (the girl in the pic who got “painted.”) a few years ago at a book fair in Mt.Doram, FL.

I realized she would be a “little” older, but, still, my ego was expecting a bit of a “hottie.”

She was 71, with VERY “English” teeth, totally gray hair, no makeup.... and said that unfortunately, she never even made it to the Fountainbleu Hotel in Miami. All her scenes were blue screened at a studio in England!

Dreams died that day. I felt sooooo old!

18 posted on 12/17/2009 9:15:23 AM PST by MindBender26 (Never kick Dems when they're down. Wait 'till they're 1/2 way back up. You get much better leverage!)
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To: dfwgator

LOL!!!


19 posted on 12/17/2009 9:15:30 AM PST by goseminoles
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To: RDTF

Quervo Gold?


20 posted on 12/17/2009 9:16:36 AM PST by VR-21
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