Julian the Apostate

Just as concoctions of cinchona, bark of willow, and leaves of the common foxglove plant were used during ancient times without knowing that they contained, respectively, quinine, aspirin, or digoxin, so is the story of CO. The toxicity of CO was recorded by Aristotle (384-322 BC) in the third century BC by the first century BC, charcoal fumes were used for suicide and executions without any knowledge of the exact nature of the killer (Lewin, 1920 Shephard, 1983). Byzantine emperor Julian the Apostate and his successor, Jovian, were poisoned in AD... 

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