Lead Poisoning and Lead Absorption

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Author

Goadby, Kenneth Weldon, 1873-1958

Title

Lead poisoning and lead absorption : The symptoms, pathology and prevention, with special reference to their industrial origin, and an account of the principal processes involving risk

Original Publication

London: Edward Arnold, 1912.

Credits

Charlene Taylor, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

RA: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine

Subject

Lead poisoning

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 72301

Release Date

December 3, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.LEAD POISONING AND LEAD ABSORPTION
2. 2.GENERAL EDITORS’ PREFACE
3. 3.AUTHORS’ PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.LIST OF PLATES
6. 6.CHAPTER I HISTORICAL—CHEMISTRY OF LEAD — The Chemistry of Lead. — Physical Properties. — The Action of Water upon Lead. — Chemical Characters of Lead Salts. — Electrolytic Reactions. — REFERENCES.
7. 7.CHAPTER II ÆTIOLOGY — Respiratory Tract. — Gastro-Intestinal. — The Mechanism of Lead Absorption. — Cutaneous Absorption of Lead. — REFERENCES.
8. 8.CHAPTER III SUSCEPTIBILITY AND IMMUNITY — Age. — Sex. — Predisposing Causes of Lead Poisoning. — Malnutrition. — Anæmia. — REFERENCES.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV STATISTICS OF PLUMBISM [A] — REFERENCES.
10. 10.CHAPTER V PATHOLOGY — Gastro-Intestinal. — Nervous System. — Excretory System. — Circulatory System. — REFERENCES.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI PATHOLOGY— Continued [A] — 1. Breathing Experiments — 2. Feeding Experiments. — 3. Inoculation Experiments. — Feeding Experiments. — Inoculation Experiments. — Histology. — Symptoms exhibited by Experimental Animals. — Further Experiments relating to Lead Poisoning amongst Painters. — REFERENCES.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII SYMPTOMATOLOGY AND DIAGNOSIS — Acute Poisoning. — Constipation. — The Pulse. — Lead Colic. — Chronic Colic. — Headache. — The Burtonian Line. — REFERENCES.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII EXCRETION OF LEAD — Symptomatology and Diagnosis ( Continued )— Excretion of Lead. — The Kidneys. — The Anæmia of Lead Poisoning and Saturnine Anæmia. — Circulatory System. — REFERENCES.
14. 14.CHAPTER IX THE NERVOUS SYSTEM — Symptomatology and Diagnosis ( Continued )— The Nervous System. — The Forms of Lead Paresis. — 1. Antibrachial Type ( Déjerine-Klumpke — Remak ). — 2. The Superior or Brachial Type ( Remak ). — 3. Aran-Duchenne Type. — 4. Peroneal Type. — 5. Paralysis of Special Sense Organs. — 6. Eye. — 7. Generalized Paralysis. — Electrical Reactions. — Tremor. — Eye Changes. — Muscular System. — Post-Mortem Signs of Plumbism. — Material for Chemical Examination. — REFERENCES.
15. 15.CHAPTER X CHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS — Methods of Chemical Diagnosis. — 1. Qualitative Tests. — 2. Quantitative Methods of Estimation. — Detection of Lead in Organic Mixtures. — Histological Examination. — Hæmatology. — Blood-Pressure. — Urine Examination. — Examination of the Fæces for Lead. — REFERENCES.
16. 16.CHAPTER XI TREATMENT — The Treatment of Lead Poisoning. — Colic. — The Anæmia of Lead Poisoning. — Rheumatic Pains. — Lumbago. — Nephritis. — Heart. — Treatment of Nervous Manifestations in Lead Poisoning. — Affections of the Central Nervous System. — Prognosis. — REFERENCES.
17. 17.CHAPTER XII PREVENTIVE MEASURES AGAINST LEAD POISONING — Amount of Lead Fume and Dust in the Atmosphere Breathed. — Dust. — Local Exhaust Ventilation. — Exhaust by Heat. — Exhaust by Fans. — Centrifugal Fans. — Ducts. — Hoods and Air-Guides. — Collection of Dust. — REFERENCES.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII PREVENTIVE MEASURES AGAINST LEAD POISONING— Continued — Periodical Examination. — REFERENCES.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV PREVENTIVE MEASURES AGAINST LEAD POISONING— Continued — Overalls and Head Coverings. — Meal-Room Accommodation. — Lavatories. — Baths. — Separation of Processes. — Age of Employment. — Wall Surface. — Floors. — Instruction of the Worker. — Lead Poisoning: how Caused and how best Prevented. — REFERENCES.
20. 20.CHAPTER XV DESCRIPTION OF PROCESSES — Lead Smelting and Silver Refining. — Dangers and Prevention. — Spelter (Zinc) Manufacture. — Dangers and Prevention. — Manufacture of Red and Orange Lead and Litharge. — Dangers and Prevention. — Manufacture of Litharge. — Dangers and Prevention. — Sheet Lead and Lead Piping. — Dangers and Prevention. — Letterpress Printing. — Type-Casting. — Compositors’ Work. — File-Cutting. — Dangers. — File-Hardening. — Dangers and Prevention. — Tinning of Metals. — Danger and Prevention. — Harness Furniture. — Iron Drums and Kegs. — Manufacture of Terne Plates. — Plumbing and Soldering. — Dangers and Prevention. — Brass.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI DESCRIPTION OF PROCESSES— Continued — Manufacture of White Lead. — Dutch Process. — Dangers and Prevention. — Chamber Process. — Precipitation Processes. — Earthenware and China. — Dangers. — Prevention. — Litho-Transfer Making. — Vitreous Enamelling. — Dangers and Prevention. — Porcelain Enamelling. — Dangers and Prevention. — Manufacture of Electric Accumulators. — Dangers and Prevention. — Glass-Cutting. — Paints and Colours. — Dangers and Prevention.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII DESCRIPTION OF PROCESSES— Continued — Coach-Painting. — Dangers and Prevention. — House-Painting. — Use of Leadless Paints. — Shipbuilding. — Other Industries. — Metallic Capsules. — Shot-making. — Heading of Yarn dyed with Chromate of Lead. — Manufacture of India-rubber. — REFERENCES.
23. 23.INDEX — Transcriber’s Notes

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