đ„ Salt Snatchers and The Cosmic Stick-Up of Your Soulâs Swagger (with receipts)
âĄâĄVoltage Famine: Sodium, SCNâ», and the Biochemical Coup
đ§ Sodium & SCNâ»: The Stratified Terrain of School Meals
đïž Sodium & SCNâ» as Ocular Guardians
𧏠How PTH and Vitamin D Pills Mask Sodium Deficiency
đ§ Salt-Linked Town Suffixes (and stuff)
đđ The Culling Threshold: Rapeseed Meal, Livestock Illness, Birth of Canola
Arsenic Etymology
arsenic (n.) late 14c., “yellow arsenic, arsenic trisulphide,” from Old French arsenic, from Latin arsenicum, from late Greek arsenikon “arsenic” (Dioscorides; Aristotle has it as sandarake), adapted from Syriac (al) zarniqa “arsenic,” from Middle Persian zarnik “gold-colored” (arsenic trisulphide has…
Leech Etymology
leech (n.1) “bloodsucking aquatic worm,” from Old English lĂŠce (Kentish lyce), of unknown origin (with a cognate in Middle Dutch lake). Commonly regarded as a transferred use of leech (n.2), but according to OED the Old English…
Arsenic at Wellcome Collection
539 Results for “arsenic” Arsenic in drinking water / Subcommittee on Arsenic in Drinking Water, Committee on Toxicology, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Reseach…
Leeches at Wellcome Collection
61 Results for “Leeches” A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen…
Arsenic and Old Leeches
In 1816 Dr. James Rawlins Johnson published his Treatise on the Medicinal Leech. Besides the aforementioned methods of leech use, he studied the leech itself with exacting care. He tested to…
Crouching Hu Po, Hidden Long Gu?
What is Hu Po succinum or amber? When it comes to amber, also known as succinum in Latin and Hu Po in Mandarin, everyone seems know it well that this is a…
The tale known as “The Poison Dress” or “Embalmed Alive” features a dress that has in some way been poisoned
The tale known as “The Poison Dress” or “Embalmed Alive“[1] features a dress that has in some way been poisoned. This is a recurring theme throughout legends and folktales of various cultures, including ancient Greece, Mughal…
4-Nitrophenol mentioned in ‘Scientific Opinion on the reâevaluation of aspartame (E 951) as a food additive’ (2013)
3.2.6.2. Studies on the effect of aspartame administration on xenobiotic metabolising enzymesAn early study (E15, 1972) indicated that the oral administration of aspartame to male Charles River rats (2000-4000 mg/kg)…
Aspartame was discovered by James M. Schlatter (1930 – 2019)
Lead chemist and developer of Aspartame used to make NutraSweet and Equal artificial sweeteners
Torunn Atteraas Garin (1947 – 2002)
Norwegian chemical engineer who helped develop aspartame sweetener as a sugar substitute while working for General Foods (1971-85)
