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Mercurial Diuretic (Wikipedia)

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The Wikipedia article on Mercurial diuretic, consulted for the earliest recorded proposed medical use of mercury compounds for their diuretic effect, dating to the 16th century syphilis era.

Facts
Publisher
Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercurial_diuretic
Source Type
reference
Reliability Tier
3
Sources
Mercurial Diuretic (Wikipedia)
Claims Backed By This Source (8 claims)

This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 5 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.
  • Treatments, 4 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 2 general references.

Well-attested

5

Scholarly debate

1

General References

2
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