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At that antient times where on earth they find so much mercury? And how they place it there without killing themselves? And how they learned that it was lethal?
That mercury is designed to kill anyone who enters. It's probably the source of a lot of myths surrounding raiding ancient tombs, and it's found across the globe, most prominently in China. These guys knew someone would come for their treasure someday.
While we think of it as a hazard today, references to quicksilver in history don't connect it with killing people, see https://books.google.com/books?id=nCKxSwUlX-AC&printsec=fron... for example.
That mercury is designed to kill anyone who enters. It's probably the source of a lot of myths surrounding raiding ancient tombs, and it's found across the globe, most prominently in China. These guys knew someone would come for their treasure someday.
That mercury is designed to kill anyone who enters. It's probably the source of a lot of myths surrounding raiding ancient tombs, and it's found across the globe, most prominently in China. These guys knew someone would come for their treasure someday.
While there are some extremely toxic mercury compounds, elemental mercury is not among them. See: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM200006153422405
I would hope it's liquid mercury. Finding mercury in any other state at ambient conditions would be quite unlikely.
That mercury is designed to kill anyone who enters. It's probably the source of a lot of myths surrounding raiding ancient tombs, and it's found across the globe, most prominently in China. These guys knew someone would come for their treasure someday.
While we think of it as a hazard today, references to quicksilver in history don't connect it with killing people, see https://books.google.com/books?id=nCKxSwUlX-AC&printsec=fron... for example.
Disclaimer: I am not a doctor, this is not advice, just my personal experience...
It works amazingly well to soothe a sore throat (temporarily), far better than the usual lozenges and without the numbing sensation that the stronger sprays and lozenges have. I don't know where to get it. Amazon does not list it. Googling seems to show that it can be purchased from pharmacies in the UK... But I do wonder how safe it is.
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While we think of it as a hazard today, references to quicksilver in history don't connect it with killing people, see https://books.google.com/books?id=nCKxSwUlX-AC&printsec=fron... for example.
Its not mentioned in Wikipedia but people still consume small amounts for cinnabar (ore of mercury) for medicinal purposes. Disclaimer: I am not a doctor, this is not advice, just my personal experience... It works amazingly well to soothe a sore throat (temporarily), far better than the usual lozenges and without the numbing sensation that the stronger sprays and lozenges have. I don't know where to get it. Amazon d…
That mercury is designed to kill anyone who enters. It's probably the source of a lot of myths surrounding raiding ancient tombs, and it's found across the globe, most prominently in China. These guys knew someone would come for their treasure someday.
Pure mercury or it's cinnabar sulfate behaves as preservative on skins or corpse skin paintings. It's not really a big leap then to add it to immortality potions.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
While we think of it as a hazard today, references to quicksilver in history don't connect it with killing people, see https://books.google.com/books?id=nCKxSwUlX-AC&printsec=fron... for example.
Fascinating, I love being wrong here. I looked into it for an hour and you're absolutely right. Sincerely, thank you for educating me about that. I was always told it was a defensive mechanism, even by archaeology professors. I wonder how that myth became so widespread in academia.
Academic discovery includes being wrong, and the fact that this is still understood here makes it an extremely rare place.
Please, please no upvotes to this comment, as I'm simply trying express my gratitude for all of your support for an essential element of academic inquiry.
From the deepest part of my heart, thank you, HN.