Random 1935 Recipe of the Day: Nerve Paste
!!Warning!! This is one of those recipes I told you about early on. This is one of those little gems from the history book that shows how little was known about certain chemicals. Arsenic-containing compounds are highly toxic and carcinogenic. The anhydride form of arsenous acid, arsenic trioxide, is used as a herbicide, pesticide, and rodenticide. So, look at this recipe, but by all means do not make it. Please. I take no responsibility for your actions if you do decide to make this stuff.
The excerpt is as follows;
See also Dental Cements, under Cements.
Arsenious Acid ........4 parts
Morphine sulphate...2 parts
Clove oil...................1 part
Creosote, quantity sufficient to make a paste.
After the nerve is destroyed the following paste is to be put in the cavity:
Alum .........................1 part
Thymol .....................1 part
Zinc oxide ................1 part
Glycerine...................1 part
Again, Please exercise you better judgment and realize that this is just to show a little bit of history. Do not make or use this stuff.