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"
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... 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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