Sujet : Re: The Einstein Effect
De : '''newspam''' (at) *nospam* nonad.co.uk (Martin Brown)
Groupes : sci.electronics.designDate : 08. Jan 2025, 10:47:37
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On 07/01/2025 15:14, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Tue, 7 Jan 2025 10:49:57 +0000, Martin Brown wrote:
OTOH his alchemical interests meant breathing mercury fumes and other
noxious gasses from time to time probably didn't help either.
ISTR inhaling mercury fumes was a 'cure' for constipation in those days.
Supposedly. Not terribly effective and with possible side-effects that
today would be unacceptable to say the least.
Not quite. Drinking a small amount as liquid metal was though and had been used since Roman times. Possibly better than the alternatives.
Before antibiotics it was also used as a dangerous "cure" for syphilis.
https://pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/opinion/syphilis-and-the-use-of-mercuryCalomel as mercurous chloride did slightly work for some skin infections but soluble mercury salts are all deadly poisonous.
Breathing mercury fumes makes you go mad - hence the Mad Hatter's Tea Party in Alice in Wonderland. World's largest zenith telescope in Canada used a spinning mercury mirror (it self passivates with an oxide coat so isn't anything like as dangerous as it sounds).
https://interestingengineering.com/science/largest-liquid-mirror-telescope-earth-large-zenith-- Martin Brown
The Einstein Effect
Re: The Einstein Effect