Kusuriya no Hitorigoto 2nd Season, episode 8
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Die Tagebücher der Apothekerin Season 2
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Okay, so . . . non-decaying corpse? My first thought is that there were high quantities of mercury involved, doubly so since it was mentioned earlier in the episode.
Is that a property of mercury? Preventing decay?
It kills insects and microorganisms (just like it kills almost anything else). So the net effect would be preservative, and it’s still used as such in a few obscure contexts despite its toxicity—the American FDA allows very small quantities as a preservative in eye makeup, for instance.
Given the mess on the floor of that one room, there may have been a considerable amount of cinnabar (mercury sulfide) pigment present. And liquid mercury was widely used in Chinese alchemy. Plenty of possibly routes for contact, either accidental or intentional.
An interesting new mystery!
It looks like he may have enjoyed painting. If so there are innumerable poisonous things he may have ingested, some of which can mess you up even in small quantities.
