Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Mercury Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:18:43 -0700 Organization: A place where nothing fits quite right Lines: 13 Message-ID: <20260330131843.000051b5@gmail.com> References: <1rsoqz0.19zzbh71ebfb7bN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <18a11176d0ed8bfb$1717$2710841$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <1rsp93i.i0zwza16xvqdfN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <18a11b491becb6ce$558$2491104$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <1rsq78a.9hgxro1eczx2yN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10qb9df$1inu5$14@dont-email.me> <1rsr591.1ssq8oh1dihjwuN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10qc4dc$1silm$10@dont-email.me> <0cqjskp5oprp9v1utu6t3q8u0urkpnjbvs@4ax.com> <3luq9mxjak.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:18:49 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="bb5a3cabc06b80106d0b9c417b1ce18e"; logging-data="2777822"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19Gtuu8Omcn4UR4nWig2lyQLo5/Xf19/AY=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:aKCan61YTY7oIoLWeWOQp3tgj64= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:84716 On Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:14:11 +0200 "Carlos E.R." wrote: > Talking of medicines with mercury, in Spain this was very popular, to > treat small wounds: > > https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercromina > > No English article. But the active ingredient was this: That went by "mercurochrome" in English (U.S. English anyway, not sure about the Commonwealth.)