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... that Elizabeth Storie's doctor poured nitric acid into her mouth, causing her teeth to fall out?
Source: Elizabeth Storie, The Autobiography of Elizabeth Storie, A Native of Glasgow, Who Was Subjected to Much Injustice at the Hands of Some Members of the Medical, Legal, and Clerical Professions (Glasgow: Richard Stobbs, 1859)
ALT1: ... that calomel was a popular medicine that caused mercury poisoning? Source: Haller, John S. “Samson of the Materia Medica: Medical Theory and the Use and Abuse of Calomel: In Nineteenth Century America.” Pharmacy in History, vol. 13, no. 2, 1971, pp. 67–76. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41108706. Accessed 1 May 2024.
ALT2: ... that a disabled Scottish seamstress published her autobiography in 1859? Source: Elizabeth Storie, The Autobiography of Elizabeth Storie, A Native of Glasgow, Who Was Subjected to Much Injustice at the Hands of Some Members of the Medical, Legal, and Clerical Professions (Glasgow: Richard Stobbs, 1859)
ALT3: ... that a 19th century autobiography by a disabled, working-class Scotswoman combines horror and tales of her spiritual awakening with court documents to convince her readers? Source: Graham Lai, Dana; Nelson, Holly Faith (2024). ""There Was Death in the Powder and He Knew It": Dis/ability and Tactics of Resistance in the Autobiography of Elizabeth Storie". Études écossaises (23). doi:10.4000/etudesecossaises.4925. ISSN 1240-1439.
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Comment: I'm completely new to DYK so I'm not sure that these hooks are the best, but I think the topic of the article is interesting - it's about Elizabeth Stories, one of the first disabled women and working class women to publish her autobiography in the UK. The story of how she was disfigured by a doctor dosing her with calomel (mercury) and nitric acid is horrific.
Striking ALT1, as it does not contain the expanded article nor any reasonable place to put it. Full review needed.--Launchballer 07:50, 2 May 2024 (UTC)