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> Romans studied lead poisoning to some extent. Their word for lead poisoning was saturnism[1] The linked article, surprisingly, doesn't seem to give any suppo
by yesenadam 5y ago
> Romans studied lead poisoning to some extent. Their word for lead poisoning was saturnism[1]
The linked article, surprisingly, doesn't seem to give any support at all for either of those statements.
- mkl95 5y agoHere's another one that focuses a bit more on Rome: https://culturacolectiva.com/history/plumbism-disease-that-might-have-sparked-deliriums-in-roman-emperors https://culturacolectiva.com/history/plumbism-disease-that-m... > Known as plumbism (or saturnism in Latin as a reference both to lead and plumb, but also to the god Saturn known to be mentally unbalanced and aggressive), this was a very well-known disease by ancient alchemists though it wasn’t really attributed to Roman emperors.