Hat Making
Welcome again everyone! Today I will bring you another amazing and true history tale and also how lockdown is and what you can do to tackle it. Let's start with our usual: HISTORY!
Being a hat maker around the Tudor era was debatably the most dangerous job before the 21st century. It was discovered that moistening material and fur with mercuric-nitrate created a far superior material to before; as well as being quicker to produce. By the 19th century, it was common practice to use the mercury compound called keratin in manufacturing. It involved the process of washing fur in an orange coloured liquid with mercury or nitrate inside. This made it simple for matting and removing fur from the pelt much easier. However, exposure to the vapour of the solution could form into a terrible health condition called Aerithism or Erathism.
Mercury attacks the nervous system. The symptoms of Erathism are psychological and physical in nature. Basically, it causes the patient to struggle with their emotions, high levels of social anxiety and an inability to think or speak clearly. In the worst cases, hallucinations drive the poor victim into hunger and starvation. The body would begin to break-down and the mouth will drool deceiving an observer's mind into thinking they were drunk and in that time, drunks would be killed.
The terms: 'mad hatter' and 'mad as a hatter' were used to describe crazy people. Even today we use that!
Lockdown Survival
Thank you guys and girls for reading today's blog! Yesterday, me and my father retrieved an old keyboard from our attic so I could learn the piano. Last evening, I learnt the main part of a simple song called 'Scientist' by Coldplay. Today I learnt the intro and main part to John Legend's legendary song called 'All of me'. It is a brilliant song and I recommend it to all music lovers. Maybe you could learn the piano as an activity during this time? Thank you again. Bye!
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