Talk:Arsenic
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Some of the text in this entry was rewritten from Los Alamos National Laboratory - Arsenic (http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/33.html). Additional text was taken directly from the Elements database 20001107 (via dict.org (http://www.dict.org)), Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (via dict.org (http://www.dict.org)) and WordNet (r) 1.7 (via dict.org (http://www.dict.org)). Data for the table was obtained from the sources listed on the main page and WikiProject Elements but was reformatted and converted into SI units.
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Military use not included yet - Lewisite & WW I, specifically.
Do we need a specific authority for poison wells in New Hampshire and Bangladesh? The latter is a large, well-known problem. Vicki Rosenzweig
Good question, perhaps he was the first to report it. Its been reported in the New York Times in a number of articles, the latest http://query.nytimes.com/search/abstract?res=F30C10FB34540C778DDDAE0894DA404482 User:Fredbauder
I need to look some stuff up, but IIRC arsenic wasn't specifically used for the treatment of syphilis until the 20th century - mercury and its salts were the traditional treatment before then. Arsenic compunds weren't used for syphilis until Paul Ehrlich discovered Salvarsan in 1909. Malcolm Farmer
In food?
Is there any arsenic in agricultuar food? Or: does any plants contain hig doses of arsenic? Nails and hair has got a lot of it I know but like in tobacco? coffe? tea? Cocoa? It has been used as a drug I know. Clearly my question is: can you get a habit for arsenic from using natural drugs like the ones I listed? Altzhimers and high dozes of coffe? The illnes i common in Finland and Sweden where we, (I'm swedish), drink a lot of strong coffe, can it be a connection? // Solkoll 22:31, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Addiction
From Jack the Ripper#Suspects:
- James Maybrick, (October 24, 1838–May 11, 1889), Liverpool cotton merchant. His trading activities required him to travel regularly. In 1871 he settled in Norfolk, Virginia to establish a branch office of his company. In 1874 while still there he contracted malaria. The medication provided to him contained arsenic, a substance to which he became addicted for the rest of his life.
- Can you really get addicted to arsenic? What kicks do you get from it?
- It is a central stimulantia, a lttle like amphetamine. The abstinence gives you a terrible headache and therefore you prefer to continue to use the drug, exactly as when you use hig dozes of coffee. It also makes you completley mad and insuseceptible for other peoples feelings. // Solkoll 06:05, 18 Sep 2004 (UTC)
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