Ē, nu šitais te, es jums arī pastāstīšu, kādu labu grāmatu es tikko sāku lasīt. Ievada nodaļa par dzīvsudrabu.
"Dr. Rush made patients ingest the solution until they drooled, and often people’s teeth and hair fell out after weeks or months of continuous treatment. His “cure” no doubt poisoned or outright killed swaths of people whom yellow fever might have spared. Even so, having perfected his treatment in Philadelphia, ten years later he sent Meriwether and William off with some prepackaged samples. As a handy side effect, Dr. Rush’s pills have enabled modern archaeologists to track down campsites used by the explorers. With the weird food and questionable water they encountered in the wild, someone in their party was always queasy, and to this day, mercury deposits dot the soil many places where the gang dug a latrine, perhaps after one of Dr. Rush’s “Thunderclappers” had worked a little too well."

Tur ir vēl stāsti kāpēc Platonam patiktu cēlgāzes, kāpēc vispār notiek ķīmiskās reakcijas un kādēļ alķīmiķi domāja, ka antimonijs ir hermafrodītisks elements, un noteikti daudzi citi.

Esmu izlasījusi gan tikai kādus 6%, bet patīk. Lasiet paši, dodiet bērniem, mīliet ķīmiju :)