The bottle was brought into the restroom by a patient dealing with mental health issues who had complained of stomach pain, according to Lisa Derderian, a spokesperson for the city of Pasadena.

WITCHCRAFT MUSEUM, BOSCASTLE. Mercury or quicksilver was always regarded as a living mystical metal, beloved of witches and sages. This little bottle of mercury, with its ring of small shells ...

When muons passed through the glass bottle, the researchers detected light energies from its contents that were typical of mercury and chlorine. In Ogata’s days, mercuric chloride was used as a ...