#academically approved consensus. But I don't know how to compare this graphically in a way I would be convinced by and I need more | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

iamthepulta · 1 month ago

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Going down the rabbit hole of mercury poisoning and archaeological toxicology in South America has me losing my mind. I'm overwhelmed and out of my league but it feels like all the pieces are fitting into place and they're all bad and I can't stop now.

#TLDR there's been an ongoing discussion for 500 years about this disease that caused epidemics in Mexico Colonial era and fingers have #been pointed at just about everything. And I went and looked up the toxicology on acute and chronic Hg poisoning and most of the symptoms #line up and now I'm looking at the climate and comparing the symptoms to syphilis and also salmonella because that's the current #academically approved consensus. But I don't know how to compare this graphically in a way I would be convinced by and I need more #Hg data because NOBODY DOES HG BONE STUDIES?! and I'm so curious about the climate but trying to define quantities over time is so hard.#/screams quietly #Occasionally I would like my insatiable desire to KNOW and to PROVE to sit under the rug for a few days.#Also FUCKING hell I want to shake Mesoamerica so badly. DO NOT USE THE RED ROCK. USE THE OTHER RED ROCK.#IT'S RIGHT FUCKING THERE. IRON WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH? YOU NEEDED MORE? YOU HAD TO MINE THE SHINY RED ROCK?#YOU HAD TO USE IT TO PRODUCE YOUR GOLD? FFFFFFFFFFF #anyway.#ptxt

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