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Giulia Tofana | |
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| Died | 1651 |
| Nationality | Papal States |
| Known for | Aqua Tofana poisoning |
Giulia Tofana (also spelled Toffana, Tophana, Tophania) (died in Rome, 1651) was an Italian professional poisoner. She sold a poison called Aqua Tofana (supposedly invented by Thofania d'Adamo, who may have been Giulia's mother) to women who wanted to murder their husbands because of domestic abuse or other forms of violence at home.[1]
- ^ Philip Wexler, Toxicology in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Elsevier Science – 2017, pages 63–64