The culprit of most of them is Theophany di Adamo, who personally produced poisonous water, which had no taste differences from plain water and a certain smell. In the XVII-XVIII centuries, a wave of poisoning swept Italy. However, later it turned out that the king himself was receiving "treatment" with the same drugs from a light hand Bomelia. This gave Ivan the Terrible considerable pleasure. These metals in small quantities do not act immediately, forcing the victim to suffer. For example, the same Ivan the Terrible used the services of an astrologer and pseudo-healer from Westphalia Elisha Bomelia, as a result of which all the courtiers who somehow did not please the ruler and even the tsar himself were poisoned with mercury, arsenic, lead. This was used not only by the European alchemists (the Renaissance in Italy, Spain, England, France was marked by a huge number of deaths due to deliberate poisoning with arsenic, the culprits of which became even the most highly placed persons of these fairly developed states), but also the Russian healers who in those times were in Russia was more than enough.Īrsenic poisoning in the Middle Ages in Russia was considered one of the most popular ways to solve political issues, crack down on unwanted and rivals. For example, arsenic sulfide, which is a part of mineral ores, is similar in appearance and mercury to minerals, A extraction of mercury from these materials was considered very easy. In fact, obtaining arsenic in its free form did not present any special difficulties. But in the works of the Swiss physician and alchemist Paracelsus (XVI century), you can find a detailed description of obtaining free arsenic in reaction with the egg shell. Some historians attribute the primacy to the German scientist and alchemist Albert the Great (XIII century), but there is no strong documentary evidence for this. Who first identified this chemical element from natural compounds is for certain unknown. A bit of historyĪrsenic is considered one of the poisons, the mention of which has the oldest roots.
By the way, such cases were reflected in the annals of the Chinese people. Arsenic can be found in many minerals, in particular lead, copper, cobalt, zinc, silver and tin ores, where it easily passes into soil or water, so arsenic poisoning can be obtained even accidentally, for example, by drinking from a metal vessel containing particles poisonous substance. In nature, it can exist both in a free form and in a multitude of compounds, presenting a certain danger to living beings, since it is poisonous.
The substance is an unstable semimetal and has a color reminiscent of steel with a greenish tinge.
Arsenic is one of the elements of the periodic table, which has the serial number 33 and in Latin denoted as As (arsenicum).
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