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Re: Mercury
Original poster: Vardan <vardan01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hi,
I looked around on the web and there is a lot of "goofy" information
about mercury poisoning. Problem is, most of the "mad as a hatter"
type symptoms, along with the lesser ones, have other pretty drastic
symptoms too that Tesla did not seem to have a problem with. Many of
them would also be typical of someone who was 80 years old...
We don't have any accounts of him pouring boiling mercury all day and
then going crazy with bleeding gums, blisters, and hair falling out
for the next few weeks... All we have is that he was sort of
strange, and apparently more so in old age... But, many genius type
people as well as sub genius people are like that too...
Of course, he certainly had the opportunity and means to become
poisoned, but not much evidence at all that he did, or it affected
his behavior.
Tesla's behavior was "different" since he was a child, long before he
was playing with mercury and x-rays. He no doubt came into contact
with many other toxics too (ozone %:-))... But there is no way to
know for sure judging from reports of his odd moments (0.01% of the
time) what if any these chemicals might have caused.
There is only one chance to know for sure. The Tesla museum has a
lock of his hair... I guess a strand or two could be analyzed to see
if it contains any odd substances in significant quantity. But
mercury would have probably left his body by old age so it might not
show anyway. He was cremated so little hope there... Some of his
equipment is still around that could be tested for chemical
contamination too. But I think we will all be old and crazy before
any of that happens ;-))
He also suffered sever illness as a child...
I think we are going to have to accept the fact we will never know if
Tesla was poisoned by any of his work. I guess he must have been a
tiny bit in any case, but the real affects can never be known
now. It is probably simply a case of this very smart man being
simply "a little different".
This subject came up to 2002 also and Dr. Wall (stork) did not think
he had any of the symptoms.
Cheers,
Terry
At 01:46 PM 3/9/2006, you wrote:
Hi Dave,
To hopefully prevent this thread from devolving into a Jihad, let me
summarize a few things about Tesla.
We know that Tesla was a Genius who developed many useful electrical
devices and not less than one workable system to power them.
We know that in his youth, Tesla exhibited symptoms consistent with
auditory and visual hallucinations.
We know that as a young man he exhibited symptoms consistent with
several neuroses.
We know that throughout his life, he exhibited behaviors consistent
with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
We know that later in his life, he exhibited many symptoms
consistent with Mercury poisoning.
We know that towards the end of his life he exhibited symptoms
consistent with Dementia.
What we CANNOT, know is to what extent, if at all, these are
causally connected or to what extent they were cultivated
affectations.. Many rationalists may be convinced of the Mersury
theory, and as many true believers will find reasons not to, but we
can all agree on point #1.
Matt D.
In a message dated 3/9/06 8:56:35 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
Original poster: Davetracer@xxxxxxx
I think the discussion of mercury possibly having an effect on Tesla
is quite interesting.
I was curious as to just when mercury was banned. Here is what
Wikipedia said, under "mercury":
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Its use resulted in widespread cases of
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_poisoning>mercury poisoning
among hatters. Symptoms included
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremor>tremors,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_lability>emotional lability,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insomnia>insomnia,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementia>dementia and
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucination>hallucinations. The
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Public_Health_Service>United
States Public Health Service banned the use of mercury in the felt
industry in December 1941.
-----------------
This information from Wikipedia 3/8/2006.
Of course, Tesla died in 1943.
While I have enormous respect for what Tesla accomplished -- I don't
think we would have our present A/C distribution system without him,
for example -- I think it is possible that mercury, and possibly
extremely high electric fields we all know, had effects on him.
-- thanks,
Dave Small