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Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Pirate Quicksilver

An archeological team has found the wreck of Blackbeard's ship. A few of the items they've uncovered so far:

The team has found cannons, a bell, lead shot of all sizes, gold dust, pewter cups and medical devices, like a urethral syringe used to treat syphilis with mercury.

"A saying at the time was 'a night with Venus and a month with mercury.' And mercury doesn't even cure you," lead archeologist Chris Southerly said in an interview.

Think I'd stick with the syphilis.

posted by Jar(egg)head at 08:37

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