PoisonReporting Database

Guangxu Emperor


 

Symptoms of victim: violent stomachaches, face turned blue       

Date of poisoning:??/??/1908   

Location of poisoning:China

Name of poison used: arsenic

Form in which poison was consumed: unknown

Treatment facilities and provider: unknown

Treatment used:

Outcome: death

Occupation of victim: tenth emperor of the Qing dynasty

Motive for poisoning: murder

First response diagnosis:

Possible perpetrators: empress Dowager Cixi, Yuan Shikai

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