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According to studies by the musicologist and literary scholar Eric Sams, Schumann's symptoms during his terminal illness and death appear consistent with those of mercury poisoning, mercury at this time being a common treatment for syphilis and other conditions.
(29 July 1856)
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BirthFactDeath (x) Wednesday 20th of March 1946 80 years, 1 months and 7 days ago |
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185 Die in suburban service train derailment in Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil. The train was carrying about 1000 passengers. Grief-stricken relatives came to the scene and nearly lynched the surviving locomotive engineer who took refuge in a police station. The train conductors also fled. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aracaju_train_crash |
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