Tycho Brahe’s body exhumed for an autopsy
NOV 19, 2010
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.024842
Associated Press : The pioneering Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe died on 24 October 1601 11 days after attending a banquet in Prague. The cause of death, usually attributed to a bladder infection, is in doubt. Some people claim Brahe was poisoned with mercury. To settle the matter, an international team has exhumed Brahe’s body and will conduct an autopsy that will include sophisticated x-ray scanning and neutron activation analysis. The results are expected sometime next year.
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