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A Scientist Spilled 2 Drops Organic Mercury On Her Hand. This Is What Happened To Her Brain.

Chubbyemu · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Medicine & infectious diseaseChemistry

What it is

Chubbyemu narrates the true case of a professor who spilled two drops of dimethylmercury on her hand and suffered fatal neurological damage.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited as the best accessible account of dimethylmercury poisoning, and as an example of the channel's grim medical case studies.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “ChubbyEmu’s video [1] on this was quite good.”

    Good video on dimethylmercury; whole channel worth watching

    jonpalmisc, 2022-01 · Strong recommendation · in “The Dangers of Dimethylmercury (2019)”

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Topics: dimethylmercury, mercury poisoning, medicine, neurology, case study

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