Word: calomel
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...whether natural or artificial, should not be used. . . ." Dr. Aaron went on to advise readers to avoid any cathartic pills that contain aloe, aloin (both somewhat irritant drugs), or strychnine; also any laxative chocolates, candies, chewing gums that contain phenolphthalein, a tasteless drug which stimulates peristalsis. Castor oil and calomel are drastic cathartics, should be taken only on advice of a physician. Children should not be given laxatives or enemas unless they are prescribed by a physician...
Among common drugs administered to make the gall bladder evacuate the bile are calomel (mercurous chloride), rhubarb, mandrake, jalap. New are the hormones secretin and cholecystokinin...
...extraordinarily simple and efficacious treatment for coronary disease has developed from Dr. Libman's conceptions of the physiology of the internal organs. The Libman treatment: a dose of calomel, a saline purge, enemas of carbonate of soda, instillations of colon bacilli in the large bowel and bicarbonate of soda night and morning. The carbonate and bicarbonate of soda tend to alkalize the system; the colon bacilli prevent putrefaction and toxemia; calomel and purge clean out the gall bladder and bowels...
...fickle metal. It is poisonous and those who work with it are usually affected. The pure metal may be absorbed by the skin or the vapors inhaled. Alchemists discovered this as they did most other facts known about this keystone of their hermetic arts. One compound of mercury (calomel, mercurous chloride) is a useful purge. Another compound (mercuric bichloride) is a corrosive poison (TIME, March 7). Quicksilver helped Joseph Priestley discover oxygen (1/74) and thus start Antoine Laurent Lavoisier on modern chemistry. It dissolves most metals (iron and platinum are among the few exceptions). Besides its familiar uses- gold...