▁personal ▁phys ician ▁of ▁Louis ▁XV ▁of ▁France , ▁wrote ▁of ▁how ▁he ▁had ▁seen ▁" some ▁pe as ants ▁who ▁have ▁no ▁other ▁n urs es ▁but ▁e w es , ▁and ▁these ▁pe as ants ▁were ▁as ▁strong ▁and ▁vig orous ▁as ▁others ." ▁In ▁ 1 8 1 6 , ▁a ▁German ▁writer ▁named ▁Con rad ▁A . ▁Zwe ir lein ▁over he ard ▁a ▁conversation ▁at ▁a ▁fashion able ▁resort ▁about ▁the ▁problems ▁of ▁wet ▁n urs es ▁and ▁respond ed ▁by ▁writing ▁a ▁book ▁called ▁The ▁Go at ▁as ▁the ▁Best ▁and ▁Most ▁Ag ree able ▁W et ▁Nur se , ▁which ▁popular ised ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁animals ▁for ▁many ▁years . ▁ ▁One ▁important ▁use ▁of ▁go ats ▁for ▁su ck ling ▁concerned ▁the ▁feed ing ▁and ▁attempted ▁c ure ▁of ▁b ab ies ▁born ▁with ▁con gen ital ▁sy ph ilis ▁inherited ▁from ▁their ▁moth ers . ▁Li qu id ▁comp ounds ▁la ced ▁with ▁mer cur y ▁were ▁fed ▁to ▁n anny ▁go ats   – ▁if ▁they ▁refused ▁to ▁drink ▁them , ▁h oney ▁was ▁recommended ▁as ▁a ▁way ▁of ▁dis gu ising ▁the ▁met all ic ▁taste   – ▁or ▁were ▁ing ested ▁into ▁the ▁go at ' s ▁blood stream ▁via ▁a ▁deliber ately ▁inf lic ted ▁w ound ▁on ▁the ▁animal ' s ▁leg ▁that ▁was ▁covered ▁with ▁an ▁o int ment ▁containing ▁mer cur y . ▁The ▁mer cur y ▁would ▁accum ulate ▁in ▁the ▁go ats ' ▁milk