Lord Carnarvon’s death: the curse of aspergillosis?
Author:
Sherif El-Tawil, Tariq El-Tawil
Date: 17 January 2007
Abstract:
Correspondence. First paragraph:Sir — In her Correspondence letter, Ann Cox (June 7, p 1994) argues against the theory that Lord Carnarvon, the patron of Howard Carter, died of aspergillosis. That he became infected with the disease after inhaling spores of the fungus aspergillus in the tomb of Tutankhamen is a hypothesis put forward to challenge the previously held belief that pneumonia was the cause of his demise. Cox dismisses any link between Carnarvon’s ingress into the tomb and his untimely events.
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