Shakespearean deaths: swordfights, snakebites & poison
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Shakespeare's Toxicology Lecture
Shakespeare was very well versed in many things, but toxicology possibly wasn't one of them. He either describes a bunch of symptoms that you can try and pick out what poisons might have been involved or he names a poison and doesn't talk about the symptoms. It's certainly possible er, that he was talking about real poisoning ses. Other times it's just that i think you're making this up for dramatic purposes.
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