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Originally Posted by RUKen
Tom O'Brien died in February of 1901, after gulping down seawater to try to cure sea-sickness on a boat to Cuba with touring teams.
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I had to look it up after reading this. According to what I found on the web:
"O'Brien died in Phoenix, Arizona at the age of 27, from pneumonia resulting from lung disease. He believed his disease was caused by his drinking a large amount of salty seawater after having been told that it would cure his seasickness."
So probably not the water.