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Poisonings Throughout History: Olive Thomas

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Split photo with a black and white portrait of Olive Thomas on the left and an antique bottle of Mercury Bichloride on the right

Olive Thomas was a well-known model and silent-film actress in the early 1900s. She died from what was likely accidental poisoning of mercury bichloride.

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