Re: [TCML] Tesla and Mercury poisoning

["Peter Terren" <pterren@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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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