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Bad Medicines: Mercury and Self-Medication in the Civil War

Bad Medicines: Mercury and Self-Medication in the Civil War

by gwffoundation | May 20, 2020 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies

During the Civil War, George Washington’s Ferry Farm was the site of Union Army encampments that included some defensive works like a trench dug into the crest of the ridge overlooking the river.  In that trench and throughout Ferry Farm’s landscape, Union soldiers...

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