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The mysterious death of Francesco I de' Medici and Bianca Cappello: an arsenic murder?

2006/12/21 by Francesco Mari, Aldo Polettini, Donatella Lippi +1 · 3 citations
Environmental Science · #Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity #Wife #History #Art #Humanities #Philosophy #Theology

paper · pdf · doi:10.1136/bmj.38996.682234.ae

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Abstract

Modern analytical techniques have allowed re-evaluation of the cause of death of Francesco I de9 Medici and his wife, Bianca Cappello. It now seems that the grand-ducal couple died of acute arsenic poisoning and not malaria as previously believed

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