history on Lithium?

Question

was there a person named lithium in history that was fames or something like in the song Lithium by Evanescence does anyone now any web site book or what not to help me out. or just information would be a help to the person with the most help with get the help with points

Answer 1

You may be thinking of Lethe. In Greek mythology it is the river of forgetfulness, one of the five rivers in Hades. It is pronounced with a long ending e and has the same sound begining as lithium.

Answer 2

Petalite, which contains lithium, was first discovered by the Brazilian scientist José Bonifácio de Andrade e Silva toward the end of the 1700s on a trip to Sweden. Lithium was discovered by Johan August Arfwedson in 1817. Arfwedson found the new element within the minerals spodumene and lepidolite in a petalite ore, LiAl(Si2O5)2, he was analyzing during a routine investigation of some minerals from a mine on the island Utö in Sweden. In 1818 Christian Gmelin was the first to observe that lithium salts give a bright red color in flame. Both men tried and failed to isolate the element from its salts.

The element was not isolated until William Thomas Brande and Sir Humphry Davy later used electrolysis on lithium oxide in 1818. Bunsen and Matiessen isolated larger quantities of the metal by electrolysis of lithium chloride in 1855. Commercial production of lithium metal was achieved in 1923 by the German company Metallgesellschaft through using electrolysis of molten lithium chloride and potassium chloride. It was apparently given the name "lithium" (Greek λιθoς (lithos), meaning "stone") because it was discovered from a mineral while other common alkali metals were first discovered from plant tissue.

Answer 3

PBM gave a great answer, but ignored one of the properties of naturally-occurring lithium that may be pertinent to the song.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium#Medical_Use

Lithium has been used to treat various psychological disorders since the 1870s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_pharmacology#History The water of many hot-springs are naturally rich in lithium, and it's effects may be part of the reason this water has been considered medicinal since early times.

Jim, http://www.jimpettis.com/wheel/

Answer 4

Lithium is what I take for my Manic Depression. Or Bipolar.

Answer 5

lithium is a chemical the brain produces on its own.