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Calomel in America: Mercurial Panacea, War, Song and Ghosts

Calomel in America: Mercurial Panacea, War, Song and Ghosts

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Medical ReferenceGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 1599424673
ISBN13: 9781599424675
Publisher: Brown Walker Press
Published: Dec 15 2008
Pages: 236
Weight: 0.71
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Formed as a word and a chemical compound in an culturally diverse Europe, calomel came to America as a solution to epidemics also imported. It grew into a primary gesture, both medical and commercial, of the healing professions. Opposition to its use, founded on experience with the effects of consuming it, took the form of song and satire that echoed faintly after the drug was forgotten.

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