A piece of graffiti found on an out-house wall in England, from the 1700s: "One night with Venus, a lifetime with Mercury."
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Very true.
@danceswithtallcans7694
Жыл бұрын
Sorry I’m stupid, what’s that mean?
@danceswithtallcans7694
Жыл бұрын
Never mind, I just looked it up… hilarious 😆
@ColonelFredPuntridge
Жыл бұрын
@@danceswithtallcans7694 The book to get is *Encyclopedia of Graffiti* published in 1974 by Robert George Reisner and Lorraine Wechsler. They basically drove cross-country a few times at different latitudes writing down all the graffiti they saw on bathroom walls at gas stations and in public parks.
@badcommentbot8349
7 ай бұрын
Liar!
@jdurao6112
Жыл бұрын
My mom use mecuricome on my cuts and scrapes when I was a child. I still remember how it burned
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Oh gosh, I remember that too!
@Iamrightyouarewrong
27 күн бұрын
After my dad died, I found in his effects, an unopen bottle of mecuricome that has an Expiration date of 10/14/89,... that I still have.
@victoriacooke5878
Жыл бұрын
I appreciate you taking the time to make this information available to us. You have a lovely voice, and the details of the information are wonderful. Thank you.
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
My pleasure, thank you.
@JustWasted3HoursHere
Жыл бұрын
It's amazing that human beings have made it this far considering how utterly ignorant we were in matters of health for thousands of years.
@1967_RS-SS
Жыл бұрын
I had a 3rd great grandfather who was a hatter in Danbury, CT, later Louisville, KY. He died at age 46 and I always wondered if it was in some way due to his occupation. Thanks for the video.
@h.a.9880
Жыл бұрын
Something about the Minamata-disease that's utterly horrifying: The company (Chisso) responsible for polluting the bay was actually aware of the effect their methylmercury polluted wastewater had on the people of Minamata. The company did its best to interfere with official investigations into the causes of the Minamata disease, refused to help or to give access to crucial information regarding Chisso's methods in producing chemicals. When the investigation found insane amounts of methylmercury in and around the wastewater canal, Chisso was quick to react though: They re-routed their wastewater into another river, so it would not spill into the bay where the investigation took place and instead caused an even bigger epidemic of the Minamata disease in other places. I shit you not, these people *knew* they were releasing lethal doses of toxic waste into the world and caused thousands to suffer from being poisoned, and in order to conceal this, they decided to _poison even more people._
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Wow, I didn't know that!
@HobbyOrganist
Жыл бұрын
That's usually an American corporate thing, look up what W.R. Grace did in regards to their Libbye Mt vermiculite mine, they knew for DECADES that their vermiculite and mine were contaminated by the most deadly form of asbestos known, and they deliberately kept it quiet, company doctors were ordered to tell workers that their breathing and lung problems were heart disease. Workers took home work clothes on their bodies full of dust in their vehicles and homes where the wife washed the clothes with the rest of the family laundry. The local school's running track was covered with tailings from the mine, people were allowed to take all the waste tailings home for gardens and walkways that they wanted for free to use like a kind of gravel. As a result the entire town was contaminated, rail cars, trucks and hardware stores where the vermiculite ATTIC INSULATION was sold to people to dump in their attics- were all contaminated, the product was packaged in paper sacks and sold all over the US and elsewhere. As a result some 80 MILLION attics to this day are contaminated with this "Zonolite" brand vermiculite attic insulation. So what did Grace Co DO when the first lawsuits started? why, they filed for bankruptcy of course! re-organised as a "new" company and they are STILL in business to-day! Half the residents in Libby Mt died of asbestosis related lung diseases and so forth. Theres a youtube film showing the plant manager in court being questioned on if the company KNEW their prouct was ccontaminated by deadly asbestos, and that asbestos causes lung cancer? YES sir, was the answer after a long awkward pause. I have a clip of that somewhere in my youtube video list, so outrageous seeing that prik sit there nonchalantly telling the lawyer that YES, they knew, and NOPE, they didn't tell the employees or anyone else.
@HobbyOrganist
Жыл бұрын
If you look at some of the chemical safety board's (USCSB) videos they dissect where things went wrong and why, I watched a video last night they had up "Runaway: Explosion at T2 Laboratories" On December 19, 2007, a runaway chemical reaction during the production of a gasoline additive destroyed T2 Laboratories in Jacksonville, Florida, killing four people and injuring 32 others. The blast, equivalent to about 1400 pounds of TNT, damaged buildings and injured office workers hundreds of feet away." and it was sickening how this chemical company was producing some highly reactive gasoline additive chemical, they explained the company experimented with a one liter reactor process and it worked, so they scaled it up to 2500 liters in a big tank, that worked BUT they occasionally had unexplained cooling problems but never bothered to investigate WHY or correct it... so they expanded the size by another third and it turned out they were using a simple city water connection for the cooling process. The process involved some super toxic highly reactive chemicals that were mixed in the tank which was initially heated to start the reaction, once the reaction started the heat was turned off as the reaction generated it's own heat. The day of the explosion the reaction got out of hand and the investigators think a vave was stuck or the water pipe clogged, but ayway, the reaction got out of control and heat and pressure expanded rapidly. A co-owner, owner and some employees were there, and the co-owner and control room guy were trying to figure out what to DO, the tank exploded in what they estimated was about 1400 tons worth of TNT force, the co-owner and control room guy were killed the explosion destroyed nearby buildings, sent pieces of steel and everything way out in all directions. It's astounding to me a plant like that could legally operate in a city with buildings and homes nearby!
@pandabear1341
Жыл бұрын
Sadly, same as it ever was...
@sweetdrahthaar7951
Жыл бұрын
I owned a neon plant for several years and considering that mercury was used in the bombarding process while creating the blue tone tubes, it was always a concern for the benders to not get contaminated with mercury. One tube bender that worked for me was a bit of a hypochondriac and was constantly worried about contamination and having blood work done due to his paranoia.
@fcknmark
11 ай бұрын
Trust me he wasn’t crazy. You guys shape the craziest people when in reality they’re getting messed up by something you can’t relate to
@marlenebraxton7711
2 жыл бұрын
Loved this video! Thank you for feeding my curiosity and passion for history in such a qualitative and entertaining way. i knew about the mecury-hat maker connection. It was the extent of the misguided mercury treatment for syphilis that blew my mind!
@professorgraemeyorston
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Marlene, glad you enjoyed it.
@davidhollenshead4892
Жыл бұрын
@@professorgraemeyorston "Christopher Columbus" DIDN'T "bring Syphilis from the Americas." There are bodies found in the UK with damage from Syphilis that predate the birth of Mr. Columbus...
@maverick1484
Жыл бұрын
I didn't know they used mercury in hat production but I do know they used lead (its what kept the high top hat and rim stiff) and always thought it was lead poisoning that made hatters mad.
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Lead is another toxic substance that can cause all sorts of neuropsychiatric symptoms.
@oakfat5178
Жыл бұрын
@@professorgraemeyorston Heavy metal poisonings a risk working with lead, mercury etc.
@nonaknight9491
Жыл бұрын
Maverick, I always though lead until today. So once more I continue to learn, Mercury NOT Lead.
@christopherbouman160
11 ай бұрын
They were experimenting with wireless electricity back then. Tartaria had it. The downside is mk ultra mind control using sound waves causing demons to enter people. People went crazy killing each other. The people wore leaded hats to stop it. Even babies wore hats. Now they make fun of people calling them tin hat wearers to discredit this practice . 5g is a weapon. Once you realize that our history is all a lie it makes more sense especially including the character in Alice in wonderland a freemasonic film.
@badcommentbot8349
7 ай бұрын
Wrong !
@MegaMemimo
Жыл бұрын
What an excellent, well-referenced, and concise overview!
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@rezzer7918
Жыл бұрын
Really rather interesting! Wonderful accompanying images. *Thank you* !
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@susellis493
2 жыл бұрын
I learned a lot from this video and I love that it wasn't what I expected, thank you!
@professorgraemeyorston
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks SusAnne, I was surprised too, I thought it was mercury before I started looking into it more closely.
@susellis493
2 жыл бұрын
@@professorgraemeyorston It's so interesting too about the 'madness'. It's really a perfect topic for your mental health in history series. *Hatter* : "Who are you calling 'mad'? We just enjoy a good time!".
@martin38529
2 жыл бұрын
Another great video. Looks like 'mad as' can be applied to almost anything. And 2 litres of saliva, makes me feel queasy thinking about it. Keep up the great work.
@professorgraemeyorston
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Martin, it's not clear what they did with the gallons of saliva if there were all locked up in a heated room!
@dukecraig2402
Жыл бұрын
@@professorgraemeyorston Speaking of gallons of saliva here's a joke for you; Back in the old west some guys were gambling when one of them ran out of money, another fella who was sitting at the table and who was an ornery and opportunistic kind of guy told him that he'd give him $20 if he'd go over and take a drink out of the spittoon, this was a lot of money in the old west especially when you consider that the game was only a 25 cent ante, the guy who'd run out of money really wanted to keep playing and felt like it was time for his luck to change, looking at the guy who made him the offer and all the money sitting in front of him from cleaning out all the players decided what the heck, one drink was worth the $20 especially since it meant staying in the game and giving him the chance to win all that money in front of the guy. So he goes over and grabs the spittoon and gulp..gulp..gulp..gulp downs the whole thing without stopping, when he sat the spittoon down and turned around the guy who gave him the offer, and everyone else, was sitting there at the table with their jaws hanging wide open when the guy says "Partner, you didn't have to drink the whole thing!!! One drink would have done." And the guy replied "I couldn't stop, it was all connected".
@nonaknight9491
Жыл бұрын
Nothing can be as Mad as what the School Teachers are filling this generations children’s heads with🤬 Unacceptable Trans rubbish. Kids should NOT be CULT-ured
@OzSteve9801
Жыл бұрын
Australia has dozens of "mad as ... " sayings. I'm glad to see a few on your list. My mother's favourite was mad as a cut snake.
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Nice one!
@indigocheetah4172
Жыл бұрын
@OzSteve, as an Aussie , I noticed several ; 'as mad as a dingbat. That is an Australian slang I'm pretty sure .
@OzSteve9801
Жыл бұрын
@indigocheetah4172 Yes. Sometimes a person acting crazy is called a dingbat.
@saxongreen78
Жыл бұрын
"Meataxe" is my favourite!
@badcommentbot8349
7 ай бұрын
Mad as a big stinky fart😂
@janeepooley
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. I have just discovered your videos and am enjoying them!
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Welcome!
@tunahxushi4669
Жыл бұрын
Excellent presentation, Alice in Wonderland is one of my favorites... I always was convinced that mercury made Hatters insane. It was wonderful to get the full story. Wonderful job thank you.
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
My pleasure.
@StevieB_Slowbart
Жыл бұрын
Ha. Mad as a gum tree full of galahs cracks me up. Having witnessed this scene of pandemonium many times I can only agree. Ps. cockatoos also.
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Good ones!
@Pocketfarmer1
Жыл бұрын
11:22 slight error: piper has been an occupational. Beetle could have been an occupation as well, having been slang for a jailer.
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@nonaknight9491
Жыл бұрын
Thank you proff’. As a WW2🌎 war baby I live about 50 miles from Luton. So I have always known about the ‘Mad Hatters’ because of the Felt Hat trade. In 1940s My mum use to take me to Jumble sales to buy old Felt hats, then my dad would steam them flat. Mum then made them into Slippers as we couldn’t buy much during the 2nd🌎War, Coupons and such.
@karenjarrett8904
2 жыл бұрын
There my day has not been wasted, for I have learned that mad as a hatter did not mean crazy. Thank you Graeme I enjoy your channel very much.
@professorgraemeyorston
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Karen, glad you enjoyed it. :)
@johnisles2163
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Greame, again super video and well resurched. My cricket/ football friends used to call me the Mad Baker as my work ethic getting up so early in the morning but still drinking and partying to the early hours with them. 😅😅
@professorgraemeyorston
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks John, hopefully you didn't put any mercury in your cakes!
@johnisles2163
2 жыл бұрын
@@professorgraemeyorston some sherry, Rum y malt. You should have tasted it. Put loads in yer wedding cake. 😂😂😂🤔
@patriciajrs46
Жыл бұрын
The old practices of medicinal cures is seriously scary. Many of those things worry me because as you said it could be in fish and bread flour. Sad.
@juliegale3863
Жыл бұрын
My great grandfather was a hatter who owned 6 hat shops in London, middle to late 1800s. We always said in the family that he was mad as he got religion, gradually sold up his shops and gave the money to the denomination he supported. Anyway by my father’s time all the considerable money had gone and as my cousin said, would there have been any left for our generation, not on your life.
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Interesting - was it the mercury, or did he just have a revelation?
@juliegale3863
Жыл бұрын
@@professorgraemeyorston He was with the General next to God.
@geraldfriend256
Жыл бұрын
@@juliegale3863 Ole lefty? That fallen angel, is that the subtext or….??
@MsNooneinparticular
Жыл бұрын
Whyyyy does this topic intrigue me so much? And why has psychiatry completely abandoned this side of things today? Patients are never asked about head trauma, tested for heavy metals, nutrient deficiencies, infections/autoimmune disease, possible drug/alcohol exposure in utero or other biological causes of "mental" illness. It's all "genes & environment" or "childhood trauma". They're still stuck in the Dark Freudian Ages when everything was about Oedipus & his sick motherly love. 🤮
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
There is much more awareness of autoimmune causes of psychosis today and new onset cases should be routinely screened.
@wandamaddox7824
Жыл бұрын
Very informative and calming. it's nice to know people like you still exist. Thank you!
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
I appreciate that!
@stevehoward9499
2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting as always Graeme.....
@professorgraemeyorston
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you kindly, from one Prof to another!
@kentlofgren
Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, hat makers who worked with mercury often suffered from mercury poisoning due to prolonged exposure to the toxic substance. Mercury vapor is particularly dangerous when inhaled, leading to neurological symptoms and mental health issues.
@bajoobiecuzican
Жыл бұрын
Very informative ❤
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@Iamrightyouarewrong
27 күн бұрын
"Mad as a Hatter' is easy idiom to remember and rhythmically pleasing to say.
@catherinejohnson2235
2 жыл бұрын
Hooray!! You are back! Can't get enough of your erudite, calm, thoughtful videos. I think you truly know everything! Thank you!
@professorgraemeyorston
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Catherine, really appreciate your enthusiasm! :)
@ColonelFredPuntridge
Жыл бұрын
Interesting! But Lewis Carroll's Mad Hatter isn't a manic or raving or irrational character. He's just a bit impatient, and he has some not-very-sensible eating habits, like sitting at a big round table and moving one place to the right with the Dormouse and the March Hare when he wants to eat from a fresh plate and drink from a fresh cup - not very sensible in the long-term, but not raving mad or manic either.
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, the portrayal of "madness" in art and literature is a huge topic in itself.
@ColonelFredPuntridge
Жыл бұрын
@@professorgraemeyorston Yes, and Lewis Carroll does it so often and so entertaingly! In the Seventh Fit of "The Hunting of the Snark", for instance, when the Banker encounters a frumious bandersnatch and goes mad from the trauma: "He was black in the face, and they scarcely could trace Any likeness to what he had been, While so great was his fright that his waist-coat turned white, A wonderful thing to be seen! To the horror of all who were present that day, He arose in full evening dress, And with senseless grimaces endeavored to say What his tongue could no longer express. Down he sank in a chair, ran his hands through his hair, And chanted, in mimsiest tones, Words whose utter inanity proved his insanity, While he rattled a couple of bones." (I have recorded, and uploaded, my own recitation of "The Hunting of the Snark". See the link below.) kzitem.info/news/bejne/qZd_rp6VkH92m6Q
@ksnare77
Жыл бұрын
Gosh how did I wander into such an awesome and high-brow subthread....
@frankanddanasnyder3272
Жыл бұрын
I thought tis was about mad hatters...apparently not.
@wendyshanahan9986
2 жыл бұрын
Ver interesting indeed
@professorgraemeyorston
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Wendy, glad you enjoyed it. :)
@dennissantana3722
Жыл бұрын
Very good, enjoyed it .
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Many thanks!
@dipling.pitzler7650
Жыл бұрын
The 1971 poisoning in Iraq was actually caused by corruption as amounts of treated imported seeds meant strictly for sowing were sold to bakeries , and as it was impossible to track down these poisonous batches all bakeries had to close and people started to bake bread at home instead, the situation was resolved after months of research and tracking by the authorities.
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Very interesting, thank you.
@badcommentbot8349
7 ай бұрын
Fake news
@johncitizen3361
Жыл бұрын
Interesting video thanks. It reminded me of playing with mercury as a child. My junior school had its own dental clinic in the late 1970s when they were still using dental amalgam for fillings. In an attempt to alleviate fears kids had of visiting the clinic they came around the classrooms handing out toothbrushes etc. I remember them pouring about 30ml of mercury into a metal dish and letting us play with it, we were poking it with our fingers fascinated by its properties. I think they told us to wash our hands afterwards but I can’t imagine them letting kids do that these days let alone doing dental work on them without informing the parents first 😂
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, I too can remember playing with mercury in the palm of my hand!
@rezzer7918
Жыл бұрын
CAL OSHA says the max allowable concentration of elemental mercury vapor in air that you can safely breathe during an 8 hr work shift is 0.025 mg Hg/m3 air (similarly 0.02 mg/m3 in the UK; Health Safety Executive) ...which is *A LOT* actually, compared to the much lower exposure limits set for many other industrial air contaminants. So..😏 don't lose too much sleep about having played with mercury once or twice as a kid.
@nonaknight9491
Жыл бұрын
I was also allowed to play with mercury (from a thermometer) But I was told not to touch it so I used a match-stick to poke it and swing it around a grooved circular wooden Marble Game board and watch it join up again. Not many toys during the 1940s
@montewright111
Жыл бұрын
The mad hatter is also the Danbury Connecticut high school football team mascot. I live here and I am appalled. Sure, we had the global hat industry here but do we really need a brain damaged felt weirdo loping around the field, pepping up the audience? It’s just weird. 🎩 🎩 🎩 My barn still has 2 antique mercury bottles and several hat lasts as it was used 100 yrs ago for at-home piece work. 🤪
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Wow, that does sound a strange mascot.
@jgillott
Жыл бұрын
I'm a DHS graduate, class of 1960. I don't remember a mascot. Must have been brought on after my time.
@geralynpinto5971
Жыл бұрын
I also understood that mercury poisoning caused hatters to have strange, twisted faces. Is that true? I did know from my brother who is a doctor about mercury having been used to treat syphilis in centuries gone by. He told me that the joke among medieval physicians was, "One night with Venus and the rest of your life with mercury." However, I too laboured under the mistaken notion that mercury poisoning was responsible for 'madness' in hatters, when the actual condition they suffered from was neurological in nature. I didn't know that their peculiar behaviour was more to do with the alcohol they consumed. Thank you for an absorbing video. Very interesting and informative. I look forward to many more.
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, there are over 100 others to choose from!
@ColonelFredPuntridge
Жыл бұрын
@@professorgraemeyorston My bet would be that both are correct: "mad as an adder" accounts for some instances of "mad has a hatter", and mercury poisoning accounts for other cases. A terrific short story to read is the chapter "Lead" in Primo Levi's book _The Periodic Table._
@xxcelr8rs
Жыл бұрын
So I will assume mercury treatment appeared to have worked in some cases for them to continue to try it.
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Good question - one would assume so - but I don't think anyone ever carried out any clinical trials and in many cases syphilis does not progress to the advanced stages.
@brianellinger6622
Жыл бұрын
they stole what my family sent me, my dental care, collage housing vouchers and told horrible lies to ppl
@jessicaisles4946
2 жыл бұрын
Wondering why we are still using mercury in fillings...? Or has that been phased out?
@dees3179
2 жыл бұрын
Depends how expensive the dentist….
@professorgraemeyorston
2 жыл бұрын
This is a controversial issue, after examining the evidence the FDA has said that mercury fillings remain safe for most people, not everyone agrees however.
@The_New_Abnormal_World_Order
Жыл бұрын
Because the pharmaceutical industry makes more money when everyone is sick.
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Ouch, cynical!
@azgardener79
Жыл бұрын
@professorgraemeyorston The FDA may say they are safe, however, I had my dentist remove all of mine. My dentist thought I was nuts and told me they are totally safe. When I asked him how he has to dispose of the old fillings, he told me they have special disposal procedures because it's considered hazardous waste. The look on his face was priceless because he knew he just contradicted his own statement. He was speechles as I gave him that odd look.
@barrybarlowe5640
Жыл бұрын
Mercury poisoning. Mercury was used in tanning leather for mens' wear and of course, hats. My own Grandfather succumbed to this.
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Toxic stuff!
@richdorak1547
Жыл бұрын
No " bce " involved here . We use Gregorian calendar . Just sayin' .
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
BCE and CE are generally preferred in academic circles.
@tomyorston6037
2 жыл бұрын
Loved this, couldn’t believe the 2 litres of saliva a day statistic 🤮
@professorgraemeyorston
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Thomas, no wonder they drank!
@diGritz1
Жыл бұрын
The use of mercury is disturbing. It makes one wish to go back in time and ask them WTH are you doing? That's a terrible idea, it's poisonous to humans. It's insanity to think, after you told them, they would respond with, "yeah we know".
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
We humans are quite prone to our poisons!
@pvlifestylefitness
2 жыл бұрын
Great video Sir 👍 new friend here 👍 Thank you for sharing 👍
@professorgraemeyorston
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks and welcome, glad you enjoyed it.
@poponachtschnecke
Жыл бұрын
What really made them mad was when the apprentices didn't clean up at night.
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
You may be right!
@geraldfriend256
Жыл бұрын
Furious
@randysheeple909
Жыл бұрын
One half gallon to 2 liters ?........(saliva output)
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Revolting isn't it!
@Sorchia56
Жыл бұрын
This just popped on my recommended page and I’m so pleased it did! Subbed straightaway. Brilliant video. We grew up saying ‘mad as an old wet hen’, ‘mad as a daft nutter’, etc. 😂😂 Cheers again for the brilliant video and photos as well. It’s daft o’clock here in Ireland but I’m learning new things with my insomnia! 😊
@rickmiller8893
Жыл бұрын
Oh..he achieved immortality alright.
@jerrybaird2059
Жыл бұрын
Excellent video. Professor Yorktown produces exactly the sort of visual essays, to coin a phrase, that should be followed,
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@hansmoser989
Жыл бұрын
must think of the stranglers song mad hatter. obscure relation... h.m.
@vespadavidson2315
Жыл бұрын
My grandmother had it. She was a furrier.
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
It's a shame that so many people had to suffer for the vanity of the rich.
@denisestinnett4414
Жыл бұрын
Never worked with a dentist I assume? Never have I worked for such a bunch of loons than dentists. Seriously not trying to be mean, just my experiences and there are many.
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
I've known a few who were reasonably sane!
@denisestinnett4414
Жыл бұрын
@@professorgraemeyorston reasonably, yet not completely. I am retired now but had to go to the dentist the other day with a toothache. Never addressed my concern but did tell me his sister had a hair clinic and “honey, you would look 20 years younger with a new hair do” and “honey, we now have Botox available at our other site and honey you would look 20 years younger if you had injections”. I told him I would look 20 years younger if I wasn’t in pain and got the f#”& out of there. Went somewhere else and the guy got so upset when I told him my tooth wasn’t numb yet when he tried to extract it, so he sprayed the anesthetic all over my face. Wtlivingf? I could go on and on and on…..
@charliesilverman1132
Жыл бұрын
@@denisestinnett4414 We used to call ours 'The bell green butcher' He was a kiddy fiddler too.
@CrustyUgg
Ай бұрын
I've said it before.. this is the best channel. One of anyway. In my opinion. So many interesting topics! Quite niche as well.. exactly what I was looking for for a long time. The random bits of information that are very interesting but serve me personally no purpose.
@jamescanterbury6634
Жыл бұрын
It’s likely that syphilis was in Europe before Columbus.
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
It's likely that a treponemal disease like syphilis was present, but something happened around 1492 - either a mutation in the genome or a new strain being brought in from somewhere else.
@DemetriusSorvo
Жыл бұрын
I don't have to watch this video to know what makes hatter's mad: when people wear ball caps backwards.
@localcrew
Жыл бұрын
Wow. I’m glad that I didn’t have syphillis in the 1700s. Just subscribed!
@spacemissing
Жыл бұрын
This is SO much like a filmstrip narration from the 1960s...
@lucyosborne9239
3 ай бұрын
Dr. Yortson, my name is Lucy Carey Osborne and I'm retired. My credentials are as follows: MS CCRN ACLS. I think you have one of your facts wrong. Syphilis was not brought to Europe from the Americas. There are skeletal remains in Spain and in the Middle East that show clear and incontrovertible signs of the presence of syphilis dating back to the 12th century. There are Native American groups who are extremely sensitive to the accusation that they were "dirty" "promiscuous" and "uneducated". It is because of this bias that it has been widely accepted that they were the source of this disease. Further, it is thought in more recent skeletons, the 14th and 15th centuries, that a mutation of the spirochete is responsible for this disease's considerably increased virulence and facilitated transmission in its widespread resurgence. Do please check your facts before you make such a claim. There are many across The Pond who are very troubled by this assumption.
@280SE
Жыл бұрын
If you think I’m going to say Mercury then you might be surprised with what I’m about to say - it’s Mercury.
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Alcohol.
@svenjansen2134
Жыл бұрын
Combo
@Garbeaux.
Жыл бұрын
I’ve heard of people even recently getting mercury poisoning from eating too much raw sushi.
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
It is a theoretical risk and heavy metal contamination of fish is monitored in many countries, but I couldn't find any medical references to cases of people being actually poisoned outside minamata bay and other known contamination sites.
@geraldfriend256
Жыл бұрын
Indeed I have heard anecdotal evidence especially heavy tuna eaters
@niklet9246
Жыл бұрын
@@professorgraemeyorston Mercury Amalgam fillings are poisoning people today. Please read the work of Dr. Andrew Cutler, PhD.
@diegoknyte
Жыл бұрын
That “Mad as a…” list, i’m never heard of any variation of any of those, except Hatter. Is it a Britt thing?
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Many of them are historical or are used in different countries - I haven't heard many of them used either - so no all Brits are not mad!
@fikanera838
Жыл бұрын
Coming from Australia, one of the most common is 'mad as a cut snake'. I'm watching this on a phone, & couldn't see if that one was on the list.
@ovrezy
Жыл бұрын
Since Lewis Carroll didn’t use the term, the most famous usage comes from the Disney movie? Mad as an adder in cockney sure could be ‘mad as an ‘atter’.
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Five to four. Sure!
@jerryoakes3364
Жыл бұрын
It’s the glue. Just like insanity runs very high in floor covers because of the glue they use inhaling it all day long. I’m just saying
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Yes, you could be right.
@truthseeker5772
Ай бұрын
Well i have mercury poisening and you never sleep. Never. One hour a week. So yea, that will make you crazy
@sifridbassoon
Жыл бұрын
I remember the Minimata outbreak
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
I have since read that the factory knew exactly what was going on but covered it up.
@mrc4912
Жыл бұрын
Mercury, I think. Same thing that was the demise of foothill prospectors in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century who used it to retort the gold. The resultant fumes caused horrible cancers, some had their bones literally waste away.
@bryankelly3647
Жыл бұрын
I think hatters were just assumed to be busy people and “mad as a hatta’” just rolls off the tongue. Mystery solved
@franklinarchambault-ik5xg
Жыл бұрын
mercury
@jonBrown-k4p
Жыл бұрын
So its no longer "mad as a hatter" and nutty as a fruitcake will have to suffice, that is unless fruitcakes are denutted to protect the public against the danger of the saying?
@seanmcardle
Жыл бұрын
Thinking back to the 'S Town' podcast now. Did he have a saliva/drinking problem?
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
I seem to be one of the few people who haven't listened to S-Town - I'll have a listen.
@wendellmarthers3519
Жыл бұрын
Elton John has a song called "Mona lisa and Mad Hatters" and I've always wondered what made them mad
@billguyan1913
Жыл бұрын
Why "BCE" instead of the more "common" and traditional BC?
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
The politics of AD/CE and BC/BCE are complex - but the argument for using common era is that it is more inclusive.
@billguyan1913
Жыл бұрын
@@professorgraemeyorston Inclusive of what? The reference point is the same, ie the Advent of Jesus Christ, so why change it? It has nothing to do with politics, unless it is Wokeness interfering in history, like everything else.
@johnlynch-kv8mz
Жыл бұрын
3:46 imagine the world health organization as it is with its inherent authority, with the knowledge of then…woe!
@jennklein1917
Жыл бұрын
Have heard this! Many of our antiquated methods were deadly!!
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
So many industries were full of toxic substances.
@charliesilverman1132
Жыл бұрын
@@professorgraemeyorston still are.
@KAFKUBA
Жыл бұрын
Maybe this is what's wrong with me
@iainbrown9921
Жыл бұрын
I had a cousin in Orange New Jersey back in the 19th century who was a hatter... And yes... He went mad. That was the local where the first study of Mad Hatters disease was done.
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Interesting.
@normanseagull4027
Жыл бұрын
Interesting content but your flat tone narration is difficult to listen to and enjoy.
@JesusRocksTryPrayin
Жыл бұрын
Is it the nitrous oxide that eventually gets many Dentists? :(
@denisemcdougal6445
Жыл бұрын
It’s a wonder anyone survived medical treatment in early days
@sgrant39
Жыл бұрын
Welll done. And good on the Orange NJ doctor for first and very detailed report on occupational illness
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@PatHaskell
Жыл бұрын
Mercury poisoning
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
And alcohol.
@whiskeymonk4085
Жыл бұрын
Ill drink to that!
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@jamesyorston2385
2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating. Everyone talks about mercury poisoning making hatters mad, but now we know the real story.
@professorgraemeyorston
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you James
@Redeemedbylove1987
11 ай бұрын
Yes, we're not mad... not made at all! Hahahahahhahahaha!!
@jacquelinetaylor8683
Жыл бұрын
Interesting lecture but oh dear the background music was annoying. The subject of the video didnt need the annoying distraction.
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
It is an early video and we didn't get the balance right.
@Thinker2-truth
Жыл бұрын
Well, now I know what my amalgam tooth fillings are doing to me!
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
It's always a worry when something is declared safe!
@CaribouDataScience
Жыл бұрын
The photos from Japan were probably taken by Life Magizine photographer W. Eugene Smith.
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Minimata was a real tragedy.
@jarikinnunen1718
Жыл бұрын
Words have roots. They not come nowhere. You style is good.
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@tomf4087
Жыл бұрын
Spoiler alert. It's Mercury.
@KatMcKiv
Жыл бұрын
I always thought it was because they were high from the glue they used .
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
The glue was the least of their worries!
@mekkler
Жыл бұрын
Things from history are never as straight forward as they first appear.
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
I couldn't agree more.
@charlesachurch7265
Жыл бұрын
Fascinating presentation thanks xxx.
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@paulstan2449
Жыл бұрын
Very nice little romp through an interesting subject! Thanks so much.
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@JesusRocksTryPrayin
Жыл бұрын
There are people who would call me 'mad' (as in daffy, or crazy) because I attest The Word is true! Jesus is The Way, The Truth and The Life. The only way to The Father is through The Son. I would have thought so years ago :D now... It was crazy to think "I knew things." The Word showed me "I know nothing." and, God is amazing.. I prayed to understand Calendars, and randomly met someone who WROTE A BOOK on ancient and religious calendars within like 5 minutes.. idk. All I KNOW in this world, God is good! And, Jesus Christ is The Lord! Knock and the door shall be opened. I tried praying and :) idk. I also sought truth; The Word :D "the bible? wha?" ended up being true; The stone that the builders rejected. Jesus. He's perfect! Anyway
@A.R.77
Жыл бұрын
The hatting...it's always the hatting.
@snarflatful
Жыл бұрын
Mercury. Next question?
@oakfat5178
Жыл бұрын
I experienced alumin(i)um poisoning, one of the main symptoms was described as acute or subacute variation in mental status" which I took to mean "You could go a bit loopy until it wears off" It wasn't a controlled experiment, so many other factors could have influenced my mental health. The first half-life is over this year, and recovery seems good. The other major symptom is "variable cell membrane permeability" of which I'll just say alcohol, BBB, :-( Up to 35 SUs/day, zero return on investment. However, in those quantities, my GI tract regularly found that alcohol no longer sparked joy.
@getsmarter5412
Жыл бұрын
I don’t get it. You go to all the effort to make this presentation, but totally ignore the audio level.
@professorgraemeyorston
Жыл бұрын
It was an early effort, we're a bit more technically proficient now.
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