Did Toxic Rum Kill These 19th Century British Soldiers

Original Article Published in Forbes
May 11, 2016

“During the French Revolutionary Wars in the late 18th century, the British military was deployed to take over French possessions in the West Indies, and another West Indies campaign from 1804-1810 during the Napoleonic Wars saw the British military taking over the Caribbean. These campaigns were not without casualties. Tens of thousands of British soldiers succumbed to yellow fever, while others fell victim to heavy metal poisoning. A recent analysis of skeletons from the Royal Naval Hospital cemetery in Antigua provides some much-needed clues to the cause of poisoning.”

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