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Hidden Poisons of the Royal Court - How noble lords and ladies, terrified of poison, unknowingly poisoned themselves on a daily basis. http://daily.jstor.org/hi...
Hidden Poisons of the Royal Court - How noble lords and ladies, terrified of poison, unknowingly poisoned themselves on a daily basis. http://daily.jstor.org/hi...
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"Diane de Poitiers, the scintillating mistress of King Henri II of France, was nineteen years older than her royal lover and took extraordinary measures to ensure a youthful appearance, one of which was drinking a potion of liquid gold. Physicians believed that gold had magical qualities and, since it never tarnished or aged, if you ingested it, you wouldn’t tarnish or age either. Unfortunately, ingesting large amounts of gold is quite poisonous. It kills red blood cells—which must have given Diane a fashionably white complexion—and inflames the kidneys and intestines. But Diane didn’t drink the potion once a month, as prescribed in Ruscelli’s book; she drank it every day. In 2008, French researchers were shocked to find in the ground beneath her bones large amounts of gold, which had seeped out of her decomposing body."
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Articolo interessante, nonostante ogni tanto mi siano venuti quasi i conati. :D
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