calomel

Perhaps she had given him a dose of calomel.

Each received a single grain of calomel every hour.

Well, I had nearly 60 grains of calomel steamed bricks put to me.

Calomel is sometimes found as a mineral, but it is quite rare.

We have to close loopholes, as it is very cheap to convert mercury into calomel.

Into the bottle went a teaspoon of calomel.

Anecdotal evidence indicates calomel was more effective than bleeding.

A war of words broke out in the newspapers concerning the best treatment for yellow fever; bleeding or calomel.

It is to be carefully distinguished from calomel, the mild chloride of mercury.

Where were the calomel pills and opium and brandy?

It also occurs in other minerals like calomel, a mercury(I) chloride mineral.

The black color that came from the reaction with ammonia gave its name "calomel" (beautiful black).

Physicians purged their patients with strong drugs like calomel (mercuric chloride).

"Have you tried two grains of calomel, Brother Hewlett?"

Their hypothesis was that the calomel given to Napoleon became an overdose, which killed him and left behind extensive tissue damage.

Lead Same as for calomel.

And when her doctor had prescribed a dose of calomel, it was unaffordable at twenty dollars the ounce.

Calomel (mercurous chloride) was a popular medicine at the time and one the doctor himself used to excess.

He suffered greatly from 'consumption' in his youth and was prescribed calomel by his doctor.

While working as a nurse, Alcott contracted typhoid fever and was treated with mercury in the form of calomel.

Everything from calomel to cartridges.

The calomel in his pills soon brought on a state of constant salivation, which Rush urged patients to attain to assure a cure.

Acting on the instructions of a doctor who came alongside in a small boat from Saint Kitts, he treated them with calomel.

In later life, she was a frequent user of calomel and opium to relieve her pain and migraines.