Gold itself is not poisonous, why did the ancients always commit suicide by swallowing gold?

There were many ways for ancient people to commit suicide, some of them were suicide by **, as well as by biting their tongues, hitting pillars, jumping into wells, taking poison, etc. And those nobles will choose to swallow gold when they commit suicide, but gold is not poisonous, it is just a precious metal, but why swallowing gold can kill themselves, there are the following reasons:

Although pure gold is non-toxic, the smelting technology in ancient China is relatively low, the purity of gold is not high, and there is not much process in the refining of gold. Even the gold used by the royal family still contains many other impurities after repeated smelting, and these impurities are poisonous。For example, Li Shizhen once said that raw gold is poisonous, and it will glow red, which is very toxic and can poison people to death.

Therefore, ancient people would be poisoned and die if they swallowed gold.

As a very strong component, gold will not be dissolved in water and hydrochloric acid, and its own gold density is very high, and its weight will be heavierThisAs a result, the intestines will fall, fall and compress the intestines, which cannot be discharged, compress the gastrointestinal tract and cause digestive tract obstruction, at this time, spasms will appear, and finally torture to death in the pain of severe abdominal pain and bloating, this process is very slow and painful. In the process of forcibly swallowing, it will cause the edges and corners to cut the esophagus, gastrointestinal tract or damage other internal organs, which will cause heavy bleeding and be fatal.

But in ancient times, few people would swallow gold to commit suicide, because in ancient times, ordinary people could hardly see gold in their homes, so "swallowing gold to commit suicide" is far less noble than it sounds, and the death of the rich is more uncomfortable than ordinary hanging, and the painful process is longer. There are also rich people who know that they are dying, but they cannot take the treasure with them, so they swallow it so that no one else can get it.

That's because if the ancients committed suicide by swallowing gold, it may be because they regarded money as very important and regarded money as their life. So even when you die, you have to take it with you.

Because the ancients felt that gold was very valuable, and they were afraid that others would worry about it after committing suicide, they loved to swallow gold and commit suicide.

Although gold itself does not have any toxins, it is a metal after all, if humans eat this metal, it will definitely not be digestible, then there will be gastrointestinal problems, and after a long time, it will definitely die.

In fact, gold is not toxic, otherwise some people would not wear gold rings, gold chains and other ** jewelry, gold physical properties are not active, insoluble in acid, insoluble in alkali, so gold can not be thawed in the stomach by gastric juice. The direct cause of the suicide of swallowing gold is likely to be a bit of a fight with the cause of "Wang Ba eating scales" to death, the main factor is the high density of swallowing, the digestive system is blocked, that is, intestinal obstruction, ancient medicine is not developed, and the death caused by surgery cannot be carried out.

One is to swallow a **block, but swallowing a small piece of **, and the appearance is relatively round, it is very likely to be discharged. Even if the density of gold is high, if it is too small, it will not break the stomach, and it may only be because of the force that it is not large and very easy to excrete. And that would take a long time to talk about a few more days, more often than a month to a few months, it can lead to a disease, and there are all kinds of pain in the middle, which may be something that the gold eater will never accept.

Therefore, the argument that swallowing gold leads to the dehiscence of the digestive system and the blockage of the intestinal infarction to death is not very tenable. However, if swallowing refers to a large gold nugget of suitable size, clicking on the throat causes breathlessness, vomiting and not being able to spit out, swallowing and not being able to swallow, and twitching twice and dying within a few minutes, this kind of view is more scientific and reasonable.

In ancient times, gold training started late, and the recognition of the gold refined was not very high, and it was called raw gold. The method is to crush the purple cloud, heat the air to oxidize, pickle passivation to remove the residue, and then decompose into liquid mercury. Mercury is the only liquid metal material at room temperature, liquid mercury as an organic solvent, other metal materials as the concentration of the substance, can produce an aqueous solution, this aqueous solution is called "amalgam", amalgam takes into account the metal material that does not decompose, and then heats up the liquid mercury, leaving gold with other metal materials that can be melted.

Some of this metal material should be harmful to the body of heavy metals exceeding the standard, and the gold smelted in this way is also called raw gold.

Ancient people may have swallowed raw gold and were killed by the excessive amount of harmful heavy metals in it. The real killing is the proportion of gold, and as we all know, the normal proportion of gold is decimeter per cubic meter. **Swallow the esophagus, because the proportion is very large, it will immediately fall down, all the way through the stomach and intestines, destroying the five organs of the human body.

A small stomach ulcer that is not treated in time usually kills, not to mention **? But the link of death is very painful, and it is not a matter of dying in a while, although it is a way to die of glory and wealth, but it is not a way to die happily, and it is not a smart choice.

Because some gold is sharper, sometimes swallowing gold can cut off the tongue or block the laryngitis.

It is because the gold swallowed by the ancients was relatively large, and it could be stuck in the throat, so it could not breathe, and it would naturally die.

"Suicide by swallowing gold" is a suicide method with an extremely long waiting time, and the fatality rate of "swallowing gold" is not high.

Certain conditions need to be met in order for a person to die, so since ancient times, people who "swallow gold and die" can only be described in two words - "unlucky".

It is a "heavy metal", the range of heavy metals is very wide, silver, iron, lead, copper, mercury, etc. are heavy metals, but unlike lead and mercury, it is a non-toxic metal itself, and only after decomposition will it produce chemicals that are harmful to humans.

** is an "inert metal", and itself is very stable, does not react to common acid and alkaline liquids, and even gastric acid can not dissolve, so after entering the human body, it will not be corroded by gastric acid, and will not be decomposed by digestive enzymes such as decomposition enzymes and proteases, that is, it is basically impossible to be absorbed by the human body.

If you simply swallow **, there is a high chance that it will be excreted in the form of stool, which is the legendary golden stool!

If you accidentally flush it with the toilet, not only will you not be able to achieve the goal of "suicide", but you will also...Money..

Therefore, in order to attempt to "commit suicide by swallowing gold", three conditions must be met.

The first condition - cyanide Cyanide is a highly toxic substance, because the ancient alchemy is not perfect, so under the constraints of technology, there is a certain chance that the ancient smelting will cause cyanide to remain on the surface, but this probability is very small.

Therefore, we say that in ancient times, people who were poisoned by cyanide because of "swallowing gold" were "unlucky eggs".

The second condition is intestinal obstruction.

Generally speaking, only swallowing a large piece of ** will cause intestinal obstruction, the density of ** is three times that of iron, human digestive function is impossible to decompose**, the gold nuggets that are swallowed will block the intestines, and over time will cause the intestinal contents to be blocked in the intestines, and the proximal intestine is stretched larger and larger by the contents that cannot be discharged, resulting in intestinal rupture, necrosis, and life-threatening. Therefore, if the volume of gold swallowed is relatively large, it will suffocate people!

Instead of swallowing the nugget and breaking your gut, you should sell the nugget and enjoy life.

The third condition is intestinal perforation.

It can be made into a variety of jewelry, items, such as pendants, studs, knives, etc., and if swallowed is sharp and sharp, it may cause gastrointestinal perforation. Gastrointestinal perforation can lead to abdominal infection, which can progress to peritonitis, and anaphylactic shock, a complication of peritonitis, can be fatal.

Intestinal perforation is also a relatively long and painful way to die, so a situation similar to the "instant death after swallowing gold" deduced in the TV series basically does not exist.

When ancient people committed suicide by swallowing gold, the reason why they died was mainly related to the damage caused by gold to the viscera, or the fake gold containing harmful chemical components and non-pure gold were related, and the specific analysis is as follows:

One. After the gold enters the body, it oppresses the internal organs and is slowly tortured to death. Generally speaking, pure gold is non-toxic, which is common knowledge that everyone knows.

And from ancient times to the present, the value of gold is relatively expensive, so the probability of suicide by swallowing gold is low among ordinary people and poor families, and usually only people in the upper class have the ability to kill themselves with gold.

If the metal jewelry used to end life is pure gold and non-toxic, after entering the human body through the digestive tract, it will not make people die immediately, but it will make people die in extreme pain. First of all, if the edge of the metal object is sharper, it is likely to cut the intestines and other viscera when it enters the body, causing internal hemorrhage.

Even if a metal object enters the stomach without any problems, it will not be digested by stomach acid and cannot be excreted naturally or surgically, so it will remain in the body and slowly compress the body organs, and eventually die due to organ failure. Therefore, suicide by swallowing gold is a very cruel and painful method, and it feels terrible to think about. In "Dream of Red Mansions", after seeing through the red dust, Second Sister You chose to commit suicide by swallowing gold.

Two. Ancient purification technology limited that gold could contain mercury-like toxic substances. Second, if the poisonous "fake gold" is swallowed, that is, the gold that cannot reach the level of 100% pure gold due to the lack of refining technology, the time for the gold eater to suffer may be shortened.

According to relevant historical records, in ancient times, the purification ** sometimes chose to add toxic substances such as mercury to assist in the refining of pure gold. WhileIn ancient times, after obtaining gold, it was often difficult to completely remove the toxic components used in the purification process, or the toxic substances contained in the gold ore itself.

However, these small amounts of toxic substances in gold, if only a simple contact, will not cause great harm to the human body, otherwise ancient gold would not have become such a popular currency in circulation. In addition, although in the modern technological society, after swallowing gold and committing suicide, it can be rescued by surgery or other means, it will still be very painful and expensive, and there is only one life, so you must know how to cherish it.

**Heavy, dense, if a person swallows the stomach, it will slide rapidly, until the stomach, compressing the digestive system, gold has edges and corners, will cut the intestines, will die faster, swallow gold after the abdomen is compressed, the pain is unbearable, the intestines and digestive tract will be slowly broken, is a very painful way to die.

After the gold is swallowed into the human body, it is difficult to digest, and the flesh and blood of the human body, and the gold is angular and angular, rolling around in the stomach for a long time, resulting in internal bleeding, and finally the person who swallows the gold will return to Jiuquan.

Because even if gold is not poisonous, if people eat it, it will not be digested in the first place, and ancient medicine is not developed, there is no way to do surgery to take out gold, and gold is very sharp, and it will cut the esophagus or intestines.