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Beethoven’s fondness for wine and fish may have caused his deafness
Ludwig van Beethoven may have gone deaf from lead poisoning caused by a penchant for fish and wine, Harvard scientists ...
New analysis of Beethoven’s hair reveals possible cause of mysterious ailments, scientists say
The composer wrote a letter to his brothers in 1802 asking that his doctor, Johann Adam Schmidt, determine and share the ...
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Surprise at what Beethoven's hair DNA has revealed almost 200 years after his death
On a day in March like today, but in 1827, Ludwig van Beethoven died after a long illness that left him bedridden for several months. A quarter of a century earlier, the musician wrote a will in ...
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What was really wrong with Beethoven?
Starting at the end, Georgia and Henry look at the report of Beethoven's post-mortem, carried out by Dr. Johannes Wagner in Vienna on the day after Beethoven died, 27th March, 1827. It makes grim ...