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5 days ago · The result, said Paul Jannetto, the lab director, was stunning. One of Beethoven’s locks had 258 micrograms of lead per gram of hair and the other had 380 micrograms. A normal level in hair is ...
5 days ago · Published May 15, 2024. Smithsonian Magazine. Researchers found high levels of lead, mercury and arsenic in the German composer’s hair, which may help explain some of his many ailments. German composer Ludwig van Beethoven began losing his hearing in his 20s, a fact that deeply upset and embarrassed him.
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4 days ago · A portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven. Researchers conducting DNA analysis on two authenticated locks of Beethoven’s hair found alarmingly high concentrations of lead, arsenic, and mercury, suggesting potential lead poisoning as a contributing factor to his various illnesses, including his well-documented deafness.
1 day ago · Ludwig van Beethoven [n 1] (baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire and span the transition from the Classical period to the Romantic era in classical music.
- 17 December 1770
- 26 March 1827 (aged 56), Vienna
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5 days ago · Beethoven, who gifted the world the Moonlight Sonata and the Fifth Symphony among other great compositions, began losing his hearing in his 20s. He had a bad liver, suffered from diarrhoea and cramps, and was completely deaf by the time he died at the age of 56 in 1827.
5 days ago · Beethoven was full of lead, arsenic and mercury. May 15, 2024 Modern (ish) Analysis of authenticated locks clipped from Ludwig von Beethoven’s prodigious head of hair as he lay dying has found astronomically high levels of lead, arsenic and mercury.
