Taki Onqoy: mercury poisoning epidemic in 16TH century Huamanga - Mar ía LAS.

Taki Onqoy is a syndrome that corresponds to the poisoning from exposure to mercury. It appeared as a result of the exploitation of the mercury mines of Paras and Huancavelica in Peru during the 16th century. The Cachexia mercurial, the last stage of the d...
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