Quoting piclist@ian.org:

> On Tue, 17 Jun 2008, Apptech wrote:
>> 2.    When I was very young (memories of AA Milne book title
>> flit across hind brain) I bit a thermometer and swallowed
>> the mercury. It appeared to do no harm, although some would
>> say that ... .
>
> Luckily the biggest risk is inhaling the fumes which go right into the
> bloodstream.  Swallowing it is actually safer than breathing it, go
> figure.

There was a case of a person who attempted suicide by injecting Hg  
into directly into a vein. It simply pooled and did not kill them, at  
least not very
quickly:

http://www.circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/91/12/3020


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Spehro Pefhany
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