The Lewis and Clark expedition used a mercury based pill as a laxative thinking its use would ward off more serious problems -- Rush's Thunderbolts.
It turns out you can find where they went.
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Unlike the L&C team the Franklin arctic exploration team didn't suffer due to mercury, but due to lead. They had many canned foods but that was a new industry and lead solder was used...
Tracing where the L&C team defected is rather amazing...
Posted by: Sukie | July 30, 2010 at 15:20