Blue mass

Blue mass (also known as blue pill or pilula hydrargyri) was the name of a mercury-based medicine common from the 17th to the 19th centuries. The oldest formula is ascribed to one Barbarossa, in a letter to Francis I of France.

This article is about an obsolete medical preparation. For the Roman Catholic Blue Mass for law enforcement professionals, see Blue Mass.
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