mercury bichloride

It seems that for some time people have been doing this trick using mercury bichloride, HgCl2.

Thomas's death was attributed to acute nephritis caused by mercury bichloride absorption.

She swallowed thirty mercury bichloride tablets, causing severe damage to her kidneys.

On September 10, 1920, Thomas died of acute nephritis in Paris five days after consuming mercury bichloride.

An intoxicated and tired Thomas ingested a large dose of mercury bichloride, which had been prescribed for Pickford's chronic syphilis.

In 1920, silent film actress Olive Thomas died after drinking a large quantity of mercury bichloride meant to topically treat her husband's (matinee idol Jack Pickford) syphilis.

Everybody's Sweetheart was Thomas' final film role and was released nearly a month after her death from acute nephritis (due to accidental ingestion of mercury bichloride) in Paris on September 10, 1920.

She was married to Jack Pickford and died of accidental self-induced poisoning by Mercury Bichloride at the age of 25 while on vacation in Paris, the first of many fatal Hollywood scandals of the 1920s.

He performed the first accurate count of blood platelets, and is credited with developing a solution of mercury bichloride, sodium chloride and sodium sulfate for dilution of blood prior to counting erythrocytes with a hemocytometer.