Calomel, mercurychloride, and quackery.

CBS Sunday Morning - Interviewing different people on the history of quackery and the cure-alls used in our past.  Very interesting watch.

Ted Talks Lydia Kang goes over quackery and its historical uses and explains how it is still alive today.  It is 10 minutes lock and well worth your time. She is practicing internal medicine

Helth-The Dark History of Using Mercury as Universal Treatment-Documentary revealing mercury's history and the desperation of the public to find cures for their ailments.

The Richest - The Most Shocking Old Time Medical Practices-Cover old remedies and how barbaric some of them were. Covers mercury, arsenic, and radium.  Also covers different practices.

WXYZ-TV Detroit Channel 7-They explain how companies from abroad are still marketing mercurial skin products inside the United States.

Chubbyemu- A woman put mercury skin creme on her face, and this is what happened to her brain. Mercury can change forms in the body and this woman suffered mercury toxicity from skin cremes.