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Beethoven Died From Lead Poisoning
ABC Science News ^
| 12-7-2005
Posted on 12/07/2005 3:22:00 PM PST by blam
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posted on
12/07/2005 3:22:01 PM PST
by
blam
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
12/07/2005 3:23:06 PM PST
by
blam
To: blam
So did a passenger on an American Airlines plane today.
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posted on
12/07/2005 3:24:05 PM PST
by
in hoc signo vinces
("Houston, TX...a waiting quagmire for jihadis.")
To: in hoc signo vinces
We Houston folk... GMTA! LOL!
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posted on
12/07/2005 3:25:30 PM PST
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: blam
One wonders if, from a musical perspective, Beethoven would have been half as great without his malady....
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posted on
12/07/2005 3:25:33 PM PST
by
r9etb
To: Frank_Discussion
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posted on
12/07/2005 3:29:51 PM PST
by
in hoc signo vinces
("Houston, TX...a waiting quagmire for jihadis.")
To: blam
Thank God for allowing the genius gift He gave to Beethoven, for the world to enjoy his beautiful music.
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posted on
12/07/2005 3:30:18 PM PST
by
BatGuano
To: BatGuano
I'll second that.
The 9th/4th is the best musical work ever written.
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posted on
12/07/2005 3:41:13 PM PST
by
Michael Goldsberry
(Lt. Bruce C. Fryar USN 01-02-70 Laos)
To: r9etb
"One wonders if, from a musical perspective, Beethoven would have been half as great without his malady...." One wonders. Steven Hawkings...?
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posted on
12/07/2005 3:41:33 PM PST
by
blam
To: blam
Were did the lead come from?
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posted on
12/07/2005 3:42:53 PM PST
by
bnelson44
(Proud parent of a tanker!)
To: in hoc signo vinces
Lol.
Guessing that Ludwig van Beethoven's case wasn't quite that acute.
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posted on
12/07/2005 3:43:12 PM PST
by
michigander
(The Constitution only guarantees the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
To: bnelson44
Paint used to be one of the biggies in the early 1900s ... not sure about earlier.
To: blam
56 years young, and yet the massive body of works of sheer genius. Just imagine had he lived as long as Haydn or Handel.
To: blam
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posted on
12/07/2005 3:56:31 PM PST
by
sit-rep
(If you acquire, hit it again to verify...)
To: blam
Beethoven Died From Lead Poisoning What caliber?
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posted on
12/07/2005 3:58:51 PM PST
by
tallhappy
(Juntos Podemos!)
To: sit-rep
I hope this isn't considered break news. Fox might interupt Greta with it.
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posted on
12/07/2005 4:00:33 PM PST
by
bozzman007
(Mine eyes hath seen the glory...)
To: montag813
Mozart 35, Schubert 33, Keats 25, Shelley 32, Byron 36, Poe 46, Gershwin 39, many more. It's called making good use of the time you have.
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posted on
12/07/2005 4:00:39 PM PST
by
luvbach1
(Near the belly of the beast in San Diego)
To: bnelson44
"Were did the lead come from?"
I know that lead was commonly used to solder tin cans for food storage. Lead was also used in paints, glass, water pipes, etc.
Having said that, everything I'm reading says that nothing "normal" in his life would've explained this high level.
To: bozzman007
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posted on
12/07/2005 4:04:55 PM PST
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sit-rep
(If you acquire, hit it again to verify...)
To: blam
The birth of Heavy Metal.
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