Renaissance-Era Italian Warlord Was Poisoned, Mummy Reveals

Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - 09:00 in Health & Medicine

An Italian warlord who suddenly dropped dead in 1329 was poisoned, a mummy autopsy reveals. Scientists found deadly traces of the toxic plant digitalis, or foxglove, in his system.

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