(imagining a group of courtly ladies in hunting gear rushing to a fresh kill to soak their hands in blood to the elbow and getting so horny I nearly pass out) maybe weird aristocrat shit is ok sometimes
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Royal Art of Poison is one hell of a book, I strongly recommend reading it if you want to learn about cosmetic heavy metal poisoning, poor sanitation practices, and medical cannibalism in medieval europe
The back half is a series of forensic investigations into famous historical poisoning cases (eg scientific measurement of arsenic levels in corpse-hair and near gravesites). The first half is just a discussion of all the ways they were poisoning themselves accidentally, all the confounding factors.
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