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The element mercury was used in China and Tibet to prolong life, heal fractures, and maintain good health. Ancient Greeks used it in ointments. The ancient Egyptians and Romans used in in cosmetics but this resulted in face deformities. Alchemists thought it was the first matter from which all metals were formed. They thought by varying the quantity and quality of sulfur in mercury they could create other metals.