Calomel
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Calomel is a mercury chloride mineral with formula Hg2Cl2. It was used as a medicine from the 16th to early 20th century, despite frequently causing mercury poisoning in patients.
Amber calomel crystals and bright yellow terlinguaite on gossan matrix, 3 mm. across
Calomel was a common medicine from the 16th to 20th century, despite causing mercury poisoning.
Packets of calomel.
An advertisement from 1896 for a medicine containing calomel.
Mercury(I) chloride
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Mercury chloride is the chemical compound with the formula Hg2Cl2. Also known as the mineral calomel or mercurous chloride, this dense white or yellowish-white, odorless solid is the principal example
Calomel
…Calomel is a mercury chloride mineral with formula Hg2Cl2 (see mercury(I) chloride). It was used as a medicine from the 16th to early 20th century, despite frequently causing mercury poisoning in patients. The name derives from Greek…
Mercury Chloride