A gold elixir of youth in the 16th century French court

2009/12/16 by Philippe Charlier, Joël Poupon, Isabelle Huynh‐Charlier +4 · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Medicine · #Paleopathology and ancient diseases #Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies #Elixir (programming language) #Favourite #Gold standard (test) #Art #Ancient history #History #Political science #Law #Medicine #Computer science #Internal medicine

paper · doi:10.1136/bmj.b5311

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Abstract

Did gold play a part in the death of a 16th century French courtesan and favourite of Henri II?

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