'Two minutes with venus, two years with mercury'--mercury as an antisyphilitic chemotherapeutic agent

J R Soc Med. 1990 Jun;83(6):392-5. doi: 10.1177/014107689008300619.
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Publication types

  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Europe
  • Female
  • History, 15th Century
  • History, 16th Century
  • History, 17th Century
  • History, 18th Century
  • History, 19th Century
  • History, 20th Century
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mercury / history*
  • Mercury / therapeutic use
  • Syphilis / drug therapy
  • Syphilis / history*

Substances

  • Mercury