Otrávené osobnosti

Alexandr Veliký – jedna z teorií tvrdí, že byl otráven vínem smíchaným s jedem z rostliny zvané Kýchavice bílá.

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Kateřina Aragonská - u ní se však historici neshodují a téměř jistě císař Claudius.

Grigirij Jefimovič Rasputin - viz cs.wikipedia.org/...

Vávra, Maryša, kafe - viz cs.wikipedia.org/...

kartaginec: máte pravdu, jsem vedle, nepřečetl jsem si správně zadání, takže ani jedna z mých odpovědí není správná. Rasputin kyanidem (který ale ve sladkém dortu a sladkém víně neúčinkoval) a Maryša trávila otrušíkem, což také není kytka.

Ani Sněhurka není správně, protože macecha jí dala otrávené jablko, ale i v jablku bylo asi něco jiného než rostlinný jed.

možná by se dalo vzpomenout na velmi dávnou otravu z brambor, kdy mniši nevěděli, co se z brambor má jíst a tak prý snědli bobulky z nadzemní části obsahující jedovatý solanin, a prý z toho byla otrava.

Houby: Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (d.1740), ate poisonous mushrooms

Johann Schobert (d.1767), German composer, ate poisonous mushrooms believing them to be edible

White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima) An innocuous plant, white snakeroot was responsible for the death of Abraham Lincoln’s mother, Nancy Hanks. White snakeroot is a North American herb with flat-topped clusters of small white flowers and contains a toxic alcohol known as trematol. Unlike those who have died from directly ingesting deadly plants, poor Nancy Hanks was poisoned by simply drinking the milk of a cow who had grazed on the plant. Indeed, both the meat and milk from poisoned livestock can pass the toxin to human consumers. Symptoms of "milk poisoning"include loss of appetite, nausea, weakness, abdominal discomfort, reddened tongue, abnormal acidity of the blood, and death. Luckily farmers are now aware of this life-threatening hazard and make efforts remove the plant from animal pastures. cs.wikipedia.org/...

Skočec obecný Castor Bean (Ricinus communis) Widely grown as an ornamental, the castor bean is an attractive plant native to Africa. While the processed seeds are the source of castor oil, they naturally contain the poison ricin and are deadly in small amounts. It only takes one or two seeds to kill a child and up to eight to kill an adult. Ricin works by inhibiting the synthesis of proteins within cells and can cause severe vomiting, diarrhea, seizures, and even death. The poison was used in 1978 to assassinate Georgi Markov, a journalist who spoke out against the Bulgarian government, and has been mailed to several U.S. politicians in failed terrorism attempts. Most fatalities are the result of accidental ingestion by children and pets.

Kýchavice bílá On June 11, 323 B.C., the famed Alexander the Great died, felled by a mysterious illness that left him too weak to move. Ever since, the cause of the Macedonian leaders death has been debated. Did he succumb to the cumulative effect of battle injuries received while conquering everything between Greece and India? Did a parasite or bacterium lay him low? Or was Alexander the Great poisoned? Now, research finds that if poison killed Alexander the Great, the toxin may well have come from an unassuming plant called white hellebore (Veratrum album) that may have been slipped into his wine. livescience.com/...