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Detailed explanation-1: -He was intubated and transported to a local emergency department. Physicians performed gastric lavage and administered activated charcoal. His cardiac rhythm changed to ventricular fibrillation, and four resuscitative attempts were unsuc-cessful. He died approximately 3 hours after ingesting the root.

Detailed explanation-2: -The death of Socrates in 399 BCE, as reported by Plato in the Phaedo, is usually attributed to poisoning with common hemlock.

Detailed explanation-3: -In June, a 63-year-old man died after eating water hemlock-also known as water dropwort-after confusing it with root parsley that he grew and picked in his own garden. Between 2012 and 2019, poison control centers in the country recorded 15 other cases in which water hemlock was confused with an edible plant.

Detailed explanation-4: -Socrates was found guilty by a jury of 501 Athenians and was forced to drink hemlock. Many scholars have argued that the charges against Socrates were politically motivated and have understood his trial and conviction as an attack upon freedom of speech and an indictment of democracy.