Oct 27th, 2016: Tin Cans

[Sundae]

Eating the (recently) dead may have been a healthier option sometimes.
The early tins were soldered shut with lead.

Lead poisoning is one of the possible explanations as to why all the men on the Franklin expedition to find the North West passage were found dead with a plentiful supply of food.

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Originally Posted by Sundae

Eating the (recently) dead may have been a healthier option sometimes.
The early tins were soldered shut with lead.

Lead poisoning is one of the possible explanations as to why all the men on the Franklin expedition to find the North West passage were found dead with a plentiful supply of food.

They would have had to have eaten not only an enormous amount of lead, but also absorbed it. Eating lead is not a very effective way to accumulate it in your blood. Inhaling dust and vapors is ideal.

[/former certified lead abatement professional]

ETA: Just read about the expedition. It seems that the lead contributed to their deaths by

Originally Posted by https://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/FRANKLIN-EXPEDITION-MUMMIES-Mummies-Bodies-Talk

Coupling that information with evidence the British Admiralty already had - by 1852 the Admiralty knew that Goldner’s Patent Meats were contaminated - it was logical to conclude what had happened. The crew’s food supply, stored in lead-soldered (since-rusted) tin cans, was the source of the poison.


Scientists believe the men were slowly driven insane as a direct result.