Lexic.us

Definition of Poison mercury

1. Noun. Climbing plant common in eastern and central United States with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berries; yields an irritating oil that causes a rash on contact.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Poison Mercury

Literary usage of Poison mercury

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Venereal Disease by John Hunter, Ph. Ricord, Freeman Josiah Bumstead (1859)
"Of the Operation of Mercury on the Poison. Mercury may be supposed to act in three different ways in curing the venereal disease. ..."

2. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1905)
"... and that consequently a smaller dose of the poison mercury will destroy the poison syphilis, thus effecting a cure with a much smaller quantity of the ..."

3. Diseases of the Skin: An Outline of the Principles and Practice of Dermatology by Malcolm Alexander Morris (1898)
"... be very pronounced the effects of the mercury will probably be less injurious than those of the syphilitic poison. Mercury may be given in various ways. ..."

4. Diseases of the Skin: An Outline of the Principles and Practice of Dermatology by Malcolm Alexander Morris (1903)
"... the effects of the mercury will probably be less injurious than those of the syphilitic poison. Mercury may be given in various ways. ..."

5. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1892)
"We know how powerful and dangerous a poison mercury is, still we are accustomed to deal with deadly drugs, and the knowledge that harm may come from their ..."

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