The History Of Quackery and how it relates to Mercury

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The History Of Quackery

Mercury, the element, not the planet, was nicknamed " quicksilver "

because it is silver in color and a liquid at room temperature. In

German, the word is " quacksalber. "

Mercury is a toxic heavy metal.

In the fifteen hundreds, physicians were a highly untrained lot,

having learned most of their trade as apprentices. Herbalism was the

medicine of the time; herbalism, magic and a bit of prayer thrown

in.

The Church was the government.

A physician of the time by the name of Paracelsus seems to be the

first physician " lucky " enough to be labeled a quack. He made a

salve that had a bit of mercury in it. He massaged it into a

patient's syphilitic rash, and the rash went away. Other physicians

of the time claimed that the rash did not go away but went further

and deeper into the patient's body. They called him a quack for

using quacksalber.

I agree anyone who can inject mercury into another person is a QUACK!

Donna