Beethoven died on this day, March 26, 1827 . An autopsy revealed that the immediate cause of death was post-hepatitic cirrhosis of the liver. The autopsy also provided clues to the origins of his deafness. Perhaps lead poisoning? At any point, he had a long suffering illness that finally ended with his death. A few months of pain and suffering I believe.
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Was the lead poisoning from the wine he consumed? I'm just wondering if this was the case then other consumers of wine would have suffered the same in some degree or other. AS the lead added was like a slow poison.‘Roses do not bloom hurriedly; for beauty, like any masterpiece, takes time to blossom.’
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Originally posted by Michael View PostI always seem to forget this date.
About ten years ago, everybody was sure that the cause of Beethoven's death was too much lead in his system. Doubts have been cast upon this since then and I wonder at this distance in time if we will ever have a definite answer.'Man know thyself'
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Originally posted by Peter View PostWell it was 189 years ago!
I don't see why Beethoven would have had more lead in his system than the rest of the Viennese population.'Truth and beauty joined'
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Dear friends,
Many images, music, lithographs known and unknown (all in connection with the Beethoven's death) can be found on my website:
http://www.lvbeethoven.it/Articoli/1..._Immagini.html
interesting the two exhumations:
http://www.lvbeethoven.it/Articoli/1...sumazioni.html
cemeteries and the Church today:
http://www.lvbeethoven.it/Articoli/1...i_Attuali.html
and the music:
http://www.lvbeethoven.it/Articoli/1...coli-1827.html
Some items (such as the invitation to the funeral) are from our private collection
buon viaggio on the site!
your A---------------------
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