Mercury
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Mercury is a poem written by Arthur Conan Doyle during his studies at the Edinburgh University of Medicine (ca. 1876).
Arthur Conan Doyle wrote several poems on specific medical products (Opium, Tartar Emetic, Quinine, Ether, Arsenic, Corrosive Sublimate, Liquor Potassoe, Mercury...). Probably as a mnemonic technique.
Mercury
Mercury — Now please to understand
It stimulates each gland
Used in induration
And also inflammation.
