• Track_Shovel@slrpnk.netOP
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    5 months ago

    You’re right (I didn’t make the meme); mercury chloride was a historical multipurpose medicine.

    Your comment is amazing, as an aside.

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      5 months ago

      Thanks! Their story is interesting in and of itself (in its problematic way suited to the era), but I do try to give it my own flair.