Abraham Lincoln's blue pills: Did our 16th president suffer from mercury poisoning?

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 315-332

  Hirschhorn, N ^a   Feldman, R G ^a   Greaves, I A ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MELANCHOLIA; MERCURIALISM; MOOD; NERVE INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PERSONALITY; PILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0034947221     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2001.0048     Document Type: Review

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