BEETHOVEN WAS POISENED?

Hoday,

Recently an article was written stating that Beethoven was poisened. http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/7003.html
"Christian Reiter, a forensic scientist of the Medical University of Vienna, published his findings last week in The Beethoven Journal, published by San Jose State University's Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies."

I personally believe...that DNA can reveal evidence of lead and other substances in a person, but how can we tell that someone who died 180 years ago died from a slow death of lead poisoning? Did the medical profession in the 1820s have the ability to test for this? Was it documented? Have they tested other remains of the dead buried nearby since most people back then were thrown into a big grave site together - I'm sure this doesn't apply to Beethoven.

The music historians must love this one...proove it wrong, there's no way anything can change Duckles, go get 'em!

Later