When he was 2 years old, he fell off a second story window and fractured his skull When he was 6 years old, he mistakenly drank boric acid When he was 11 years old, he contracted measles and was in a coma for nine days When he was 19 years old, he was struck on the head by a falling brick When he was 23 years old, he almost died from the effects of tainted wine When he was 29 years old, Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone Clearly someone didn't want that saxophone invented