TW2D Ep. 2 | Mercury goes where‪?‬ Trendy Ways to Die

Less than 100 years ago, the US military was injecting this heavy metal into the genitals of deployed soldiers in an ineffective attempt to treat syphilis and other STIs. Jackie joins to discuss the history of sex ed and the use of mercury. Plus, how mercury's insanity-like side effects informed western stereotypes about crazy people!

Media depiction:
archive.org/details/SEX.HYGIENE

Corrections: 

- Jackie accidentally referred to Queen Victoria's older brother Ernest II as her younger brother. Oops. Sorry Victorians.

- I pronounced the name of the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, as "Quinn Shee Huayng." That's wrong. It should be pronounced "Cheen Sheh Huahng." 

- Probably others to come.

Some sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(element)
www.pharmaceutical-journal.com/opinion/b…ass=false
fighterjetsworld.com/weekly-article…s-in-war/5922/
case.edu/affil/skuyhistcontra…Condoms-Sponges.html
corrosion-doctors.org/Elements-Toxic…ry-medical.htm
art-bin.com/art/hanson_en.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_in_fish

USS VD -- Ship of Shame: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0244869/

WWII-era washable condom: https://collection.maas.museum/object/158914