Tonight

I am full of spaghetti. Today we harvested the blackberries that infest the slope on the lake side of the house. Meredith made two pies. When the spaghetti calms down, I just might have a piece.

There are news articles roaming about claiming that Beethoven died because hit doctor dosed him with poison (lead).
That's what medicine is, carefully monitored doses of poison that, theoretically, destroys the disease befor destroying the patient. Think of chemotherapy.
Those chemos are much worse than a little bit of lead. So, the doctor did what he could according to the medical science of the day.
As we all do, according to our own sciences. It is impossible to say whether Ludwig's life was shortened or lengthend by the medical attention he recieved.
They didn't even know there were such things as germs, bacteria, or viruses.
Medicine is a delicate balance between killing the illness and killing the patient.
Sometimes, the disease is just stronger.
Furthermore it does not necessarily follow that he would have been able to keep his genius alive. let alone better it.
One could argue that the final moments of the ninth symphony indicate an artist who was losing touch.
Both J.S. Bach and G.F.Handel died of infection due to eye surgery administered by the same doctor. Not Beethoven', of course

A hundred years before Dr. Lister.

Before the notion that the doctor was at fault could be a rational one, one would have to compare with all other sicknesses and all other people.
Not just the famous, rich, and powerful.

Beethoven was 57 years old, he led a long and painful life

As do we all.

Remember, we're all in this alone.

So eat your greens, excercise, regularly, cut down on the fatty stuff, etc.

Your Daddy loves you.