You're just too young Carson! It did exist and it was very effective. The
results were probably not very permanent but since you were dealing with
negs 3 stops underexposed in the first place it didn't matter.
>>I'd sort of be shocked though, because even
>>back in those carefree days, the danger of mercuric chloride was pretty
>>widely accepted.
I think laudanum was sold legally well into this century in many parts of
this world. A couple of spoonful of this liquid opium/brandy conconction
and you'd hardly miss a beat laughing when they hanged you by the toes
while shooting arrows at you;-)
>I believe we are talking about Monkhaven's Intensifier which precipitated
^^^^^^^^^^^
Try "Monckhoven" as a spelling when doing database searches. It will lead
you to many interesting books he published.
Luis Nadeau
awef6t@mi.net
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada