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Re: MEDICAL SYRINGES
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Julie Schablitsky <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 7 Aug 2001 09:38:26 -0700
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From what I understand, no it did not.  Often people had complications from
the mercury applications.  Mercury was usually applied topically to the
sores.  When the sores went away people thought that mercury had cured them
of the infection when in fact syphillis had just moved into the second stage
of the disease.  Julie

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From: Ron May <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: MEDICAL SYRINGES


> Does anyone know if the mercury cured syphillus? It always sounded to me
like
> purgatory.
>

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