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Re: [TCML] Tesla and Mercury poisoning



Hi,

Dr. Wall did not think older Tesla's oddities matched up with Mercury poisoning. But I believe you are a doctor too so a second opinion? The Tesla museum does have locks of Tesla's hair, but it would probably be a major task to get it tested for toxicity.

Terry


Peter Terren wrote:
Mercury poisoning, (Pink's disease, mad hatter's disease) causes neurological symptoms. Insidious onset, nonspecific signs and symptoms.
From eMedicine
http://www.emedicine.com/EMERG/topic813.htm
The classic triad found in chronic toxicity is tremors, gingivitis, and erethism (ie, a constellation of neuropsychiatric findings that includes insomnia, shyness, memory loss, emotional instability, depression, anorexia, vasomotor disturbance, uncontrolled perspiration, and blushing). a.. Additional findings may include headache, visual disturbance (eg, tunnel vision), peripheral neuropathy, salivation, insomnia, and ataxia. a.. Without a complete history, mercury toxicity, especially in elderly individuals, can be misdiagnosed as Parkinson disease, senile dementia, metabolic encephalopathy, depression, or Alzheimer disease.

Did someone mention Tesla was a bit eccentric in his later years?
Not my idea of course.
http://www.pupman.com/listarchives/2002/February/msg00492.html

Peter
www.tesladownunder.com

----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Behary" <electrotherapy@xxxxxxxxxxx> ... And to complicate more, Tesla did a lot of clever tricks on top of it all, like using mercury in place of frictional brushes/etc... He had a way of taking a heavy cast iron cylinder filled with mercury and making it spin effortlessly, and efficiently!

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