Calomel in America

Calomel in America
Author: Richard M. Swiderski
Publisher: Universal-Publishers
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2008
Genre: History
ISBN: 1599424673

Formed as a word and a chemical compound in an culturally diverse Europe, calomel came to America as a solution to epidemics also imported. It grew into a primary gesture, both medical and commercial, of the healing professions. Opposition to its use, founded on experience with the effects of consuming it, took the form of song and satire that echoed faintly after the drug was forgotten.