> I think it was the syphilis that made the Roman emperors psychopaths.
Syphilis was brought to Europe from the New World by Columbus. Of composers, Schubert died of it.
But to get back to the thread.... when he had become deaf, LVB conversed with his friends--he had them--via pencil and paper in notebooks that have been preserved. No analysis of them that I'm aware of has ever suggested he had lead poisoning.
Thank you also.
I certainly made a blunder.