OT: antimony

[Guest guest]

Listmates,

Here's something I read that made me think, that's completely insane.

But then, compared to what our society has chosen to do with toxins,

this sounds pretty harmless.

" Who knew ... that the French once treated constipation by swallowing

large tablets of toxic antimony--and then recovered the exreted metal

pills for future use? " Taken from a review of " Terrors of the

Table: The Curious History of Nutrition "

This book sounds like a depressing but intersting read.

Anita