Unexpected Death
Zachary Taylor’s unexpected death sparked a flurry of curiosity regarding the nature of his sickness, which has since been confirmed. The possibility that he was poisoned by contaminated ice water or milk was raised by a number of people, while others suspected that the high amount of cherries he consumed at the Fourth of July party was to blame. In the 1800s, was it possible that something as easy as eating too many cherries was thought to be a potentially fatal cause of death?
Unexpected Death
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