Pill of CALOMEL

An automatically extracted historical preparation published directly for live editorial review. Botanical identity, formula structure and safety may be incomplete; this is not treatment or dosage guidance.

Use not statedUse not stated PreparationPill RouteGargle / oral rinse

Automated live import - unreviewedPublished directly for live editorial inspection; identity and safety are not verifiedUpdated Jul 18, 2026 · version 1

Use relationship map

Exact source claims and related context are never blended together.

This hierarchy shows why a use appears beside the preparation. The strongest relationship comes first; contextual links remain explicitly labeled.

Use not stated in the extracted passage.

The preparation remains searchable as an archival method record without an invented indication.

Automated live-review record

This formula was extracted automatically from a historical source and published directly for live editorial inspection. It may contain OCR, title, botanical-identity, ingredient, structure or safety errors. Do not use it as treatment, dosage or self-care guidance.

Source: Merck's 1899 Manual of the Materia Medica by Merck & Co. (1899), narrative-offset-121489.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

CALOMEL: Sulphurous acid, hydrocyanic acid; alkali chlorides, bromides, iodides, sulphites, carbonates, hydrates; organic acids, lime water, etc. ~Mercury Cyanide Merck.~ ~Dose:~ 1/16--1/8 grn., in solut.--EXTERN. (gargle) 1:10000. ~Mercury Imido-succinate,~--see MERCURY SUCCINIMIDE. ~Mercury Iodide, Red, Merck.~ MERCURY BINIODIDE.--~Dose:~ 1/16--1/4 grn., in pills. ~Mercury Iodide, Yellow, Merck--U.S.P.~ MERCURY PROTO-IODIDE

Method as extracted

Mix according to the source passage: Sulphurous acid, hydrocyanic acid; alkali chlorides, bromides, iodides, sulphites, carbonates, hydrates; organic acids, lime water, etc. ~Mercury Cyanide Merck.~ ~Dose:~ 1/16--1/8 grn., in solut.--EXTERN. (gargle) 1:10000. ~Mercury Imido-succinate,~--see MERCURY SUCCINIMIDE. ~Mercury Iodide, Red, Merck.~ MERCURY BINIODIDE.--~Dose:~ 1/16--1/4 grn., in pills. ~Mercury Iodide, Yellow, Merck--U.S.P.~ MERCURY PROTO-IODIDE.--~Dose:~ 1/2--2 grn.

Live editorial status

This record was published without a human-review gate by site policy. Automated flags at publication: no primary ingredient taxon link, title ingredient mismatch, not marked promotable, critical hazard archive only. Publication makes the source extraction inspectable; it does not verify identity, completeness, efficacy or safety.

Modern safety boundary

Toxic / do not self-use

Do not self-use. The record remains public for historical, botanical and hazard research.

Unreviewed automated import: this record is public for live editorial inspection and has not passed manual identity, formula or safety review.
Historical formula: ingredient identity, strength, contamination risk and terminology may differ from modern practice.
Do not use this record as dosage or treatment guidance. Every ingredient, route and contraindication requires qualified editorial verification.
The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.
Automated review flags: toxic metal or mineral.

Sources & editorial standard

Primary wording. Visible interpretation. No borrowed certainty.

The public record separates the historical passage, structured preparation data, use relationship and modern safety boundary. Same-plant context is presented as context, never as proof that this preparation was intended for that use.

Primary and supporting references

Merck's 1899 Manual of the Materia Medica — Project GutenbergPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-121489.

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