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From: tackett@wivax.UUCP (Raymond Tackett)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Mercury poisoning from dental fillings?
Message-ID: <19878@wivax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 6-Sep-84 17:17:01 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep  6 17:17:01 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 16-Sep-84 03:32:59 EDT
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Organization: Wang Institute, Tyngsboro, Ma.  01879
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I remember an article a few years ago which suggested the problems
appeared more in dentists.  A survey found that middle-aged dentists
had a higher incidence of angry and irrational behavior than the
population.  The article cited similarities between the dentists and
hat makers from the last century.  The phrase "mad as a hatter" seems
to have originated at a time when mercury was used as part of the
hat making process and handled with bare hands.


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