Must-have fashion of the late Victorian Age! Hard plastic collars that save you time, money, and maybe, just maybe....choke or burn you to death, you drunk fancy boy. Media depictions: 1. library.wustl.edu/advertising-19th…tachable-collar/ 2. collections.si.edu/search/results.…=AC0060-0000078 Some sources: americanhistory.si.edu/blog/white-collar-message vintrowear.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/g…s-they-wore/ www.sandburg.org/SandburgsHometow…loidCollars.html www.amazon.com/Bicycles-Bakelite…ag=gizmodoamzn-20 io9.gizmodo.com/the-earliest-plas…f-expl-1705491374 www.reallifeanswers.org/love-and-rela…illiard-balls

Less than 100 years ago, the US military was injecting this heavy metal into the genitals of deployed soldiers in an ineffective attempt to treat syphilis and other STIs. Jackie joins to discuss the history of sex ed and the use of mercury. Plus, how mercury's insanity-like side effects informed western stereotypes about crazy people! Media depiction: archive.org/details/SEX.HYGIENE Corrections:  - Jackie accidentally referred to Queen Victoria's older brother Ernest II as her younger brother. Oops. Sorry Victorians. - I pronounced the name of the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, as "Quinn Shee Huayng." That's wrong. It should be pronounced "Cheen Sheh Huahng."  - Probably others to come. Some sources: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(element) www.pharmaceutical-journal.com/opinion/b…ass=false fighterjetsworld.com/weekly-article…s-in-war/5922/ case.edu/affil/skuyhistcontra…Condoms-Sponges.html corrosion-doctors.org/Elements-Toxic…ry-medical.htm art-bin.com/art/hanson_en.html en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_in_fish USS VD -- Ship of Shame: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0244869/ WWII-era washable condom: https://collection.maas.museum/object/158914