Re: The Einstein Effect

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Sujet : Re: The Einstein Effect
De : cd999666 (at) *nospam* notformail.com (Cursitor Doom)
Groupes : sci.electronics.design
Date : 08. Jan 2025, 19:13:34
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On Wed, 8 Jan 2025 09:47:37 +0000, Martin Brown wrote:

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.

Ah - you're right. It was drinking the stuff they used to do! I can guess
what the chief alternative was and I agree drinking mercury has more
appeal! :-D

Before antibiotics it was also used as a dangerous "cure" for syphilis.

Not quite sure how that could work, but I'll take your word for it.

https://pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/opinion/syphilis-and-the-use-
of-mercury

Oh, right.

Calomel as mercurous chloride did slightly work for some skin infections
but soluble mercury salts are all deadly poisonous.

True, but the nastiest variant by a country mile is dimethylmercury,
exposure to which gives rise to an extremely unpleasant and protracted
death.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Wetterhahn

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6 Jan 25 * The Einstein Effect36john larkin
6 Jan 25 +* Re: The Einstein Effect13Cursitor Doom
7 Jan 25 i`* Re: The Einstein Effect12john larkin
7 Jan 25 i +* Re: The Einstein Effect2Joe Gwinn
7 Jan 25 i i`- Re: The Einstein Effect1john larkin
7 Jan 25 i +- Re: The Einstein Effect1Bill Sloman
7 Jan 25 i `* Re: The Einstein Effect8Martin Brown
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7 Jan 25 i  `* Re: The Einstein Effect6Cursitor Doom
8 Jan 25 i   `* Re: The Einstein Effect5Martin Brown
8 Jan 25 i    +* Re: The Einstein Effect3Don
8 Jan 25 i    i+- Re: The Einstein Effect1Martin Brown
8 Jan 25 i    i`- Re: The Einstein Effect1Cursitor Doom
8 Jan 25 i    `- Re: The Einstein Effect1Cursitor Doom
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11 Jan 25 i i  `* Re: The Einstein Effect4Don
12 Jan 25 i i   +- Re: The Einstein Effect1Bill Sloman
12 Jan 25 i i   `* Re: The Einstein Effect2Martin Brown
12 Jan 25 i i    `- Re: The Einstein Effect1Don
10 Jan 25 i `- Re: The Einstein Effect1Martin Brown
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