Amalgamation
= Amalgamation
Formation of an <amalgam>. The historical report in <The Seats and Causes of Diseases Investigated by Anatomy by Giovanni Battista Morgagni> invokes it as a supposed way of reducing a swallowed <silver> coin; this does not establish therapeutic efficacy or safety. <The Seats and Causes of Diseases Investigated by Anatomy by Giovanni Battista Morgagni>[Book III, Letter XXX.13]{ref}