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Was there a real potion in the 1590s that could make someone appear dead for 42 hours, as in Romeo & Juliet?
or was Shakespeare writing science fiction?
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- pdxmomLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
It may be that he knew of uses (or purported uses) of curare from the New World, which has a history as an anesthetic.
Also, when Shakespeare was writing, there were no EKGs or EEGs. If you "seemed" dead, you were dead.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
i'm not sure but it would be awesome.
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