/oss/taxonomy/term/2166/all en /oss/article/history/little-mercurial-history <p>“Since calomel’s become their boast,/ How many patients have they lost?/ How many thousands they make ill,/ Of poison with their calomel?” So ran a little verse written in 1825 by an unknown poet who was obviously disenchanted with medical practice of the day.</p> Wed, 10 Apr 2019 18:30:45 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 7713 at /oss /oss/article/drugs-health-news/ether-was-potent-painkiller-it-was-hit-revellers <p>The marble and granite statue in the Boston Common depicts a physician in medieval clothing holding a cloth next to the face of a man who seems to have passed out. An inscription on the base of the statue reads “To commemorate that the inhaling of ether causes insensibility to pain, first proved to the world at the Mass. General Hospital in Boston, October A.D. 1846.” No names are mentioned.</p> Wed, 22 Jun 2016 10:12:58 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 2342 at /oss