INDEX

Abortion caused by lead, [35]
Absorption of lead: cutaneous, [25]; from lung, [23]; gastric, [19]; intestinal, [21], [22]; in liver, [24]; mechanism of, [20]; prevention of, from stomach, [23]
Accumulators. See [Electric accumulators]
Acetate of lead, poisoning by, [94]
Acetic acid, solvent action of, on lead oxide, [15]
Acid lemonade, [185]
Acidity, gastric contents, [15]
Action of lead: on gold and silver, [3]; on water, [3]
Acute encephalopathy, [54], [95]
Acute lead poisoning, [110], [111]
Acute nephritis, [60], [131]
Aerographing, [272], [280]
Ætiology of lead poisoning, [7]
Age as affecting lead poisoning, [35], [239]
Akremnin soap, [238]
Albuminate of lead, preparation of, [17]
Albuminuria, [128]
Albuminuric retinitis, [160]
Alcohol: as predisposing cause, [37], [64]; gastritis and plumbism, [64]; in experimental poisoning, [85]; similar effect to lead on kidney, [131]
Alteration in blood-corpuscles in lead anæmia, [133]
Alternation of employment, [34], [251]
Amaurosis, [70], [160]
Amblyopia, [76]
Amenorrhœa, [36]
Anæmia, [39], [112], [132], [136], [227]; treatment of, [190]
Anemometers, [219]
Antibrachial paralysis, [144], [148]
Antimony, effect of, on lead fume, [199]
Appointed surgeon, [112], [221]
Aran-Duchenne paralysis, [149]
Armit, nickel poisoning, [11]
Arsenic: Cloetta’s experiments, [24]; excretion of, in fæces, [24]
Arterio-sclerosis, [116]
Arthralgia, [50], [161]
Arthritis, [40]
Artificial gastric juice, action of, [17]
Atrophic nerve changes, [69]
Attack rate from lead poisoning (table), [55]
Autopsy, points to be noted in, [162]
Bacup epidemic, [4]
Basophile granules, [77], [133], [135], [179]
Baths, [238]
Blood: action of lead salts on, [2]; in lead poisoning, [70], [78], [134], [179]; pressure, [116], [180]; vessels, [68], [70], [75]
Blue line, [122], [123], [128], [226]; experimental production of, [41], [124]; from diachylon, [13]
Brachial paralysis, [148]
Brain, analysis of, [96]
Brass, presence of lead in, [263]
Brassworkers and plumbism, [51], [263]
Breathing experiments, [81]
Bright’s disease and lead poisoning, [60]
Burtonian line. See [Blue line]
Carbon in lung, [11]
Card system, use of, [186]
Central nervous system, [69], [157]; treatment, [196]
Cerebral symptoms, [51], [157]
Certifying surgeons, reports of, [45], [221]
Chandelier fitters, poisoning among, [264]
Channels of lead absorption, [8]
Chemical analysis of brain, [95]
Chemical characters of lead salts, [4]
Chemical diagnosis, [166]
Chemical examination of organs, [163]
Chemistry of lead, [2]
Choroidal atrophy, [161]
Chromate of lead in yarn-dyeing, [298]
Chrome colours, [287]
Chronic colic, [119]
Circulatory system, [75], [137]
Cirrhosis of kidney, [74]
Coach-painting, [288]; dust in atmosphere breathed, [205]; leadless paints, [290]; reported cases from, [289]; sandpapering in, [289]
Colic, [116], [117], [118], [119], [188], [190]; differential diagnosis, [188]; treatment of, [187]
Colloidal lead, [5]
Colon, palpation of, [126]
Colours, [285]
Comparative mortality, [59]
Conjunctiva in lead anæmia, [132]
Constipation, [115]
Copper extraction, plumbism in, [246]
Cutaneous absorption, [25]
Death certificates in plumbism, [57]
Degeneration of blood vessels, [68]
Determination of lead in urine, [169]
Diachylon, [13]
Diagnosis: from chemical analysis, [166]; of lead colic, [120], [188]
Diarrhœa, [115]
Differential count in lead anæmia, [134], [137], [180]
Digestion experiments, [16], [17]
Drink for lead-workers, [186]
Drugs in lead colic, [189]
Duration of employment and plumbism, [52]
Dust, lead: amount of, in air breathed, [199], [207]; chief cause of plumbism, [10]; “laying,” difficulties of, [11]; rate of settling, [7]; respirators for, [207]
Dysmenorrhœa, [36]
Earthenware: and china, [270]; attack rate, [56]; decorative processes, [272]; dust in atmosphere, [204], [206]; glaze processes, [272]; leadless glaze, [274]; low solubility glaze, [274]; Potteries Committee on, recommendations of, [275]; reported cases in (table), [271]
Electric accumulators, [281]; reported plumbism in, [283]; ventilation in, [216]
Electrical reactions, [151], [153], [154]
Electrical treatment, [194]
Electro-chemical tests, [168]
Electrolytic estimation of lead, [174]; reactions, [5]
Enamelling (vitreous), [278]; aerographing in, [280]; use of leadless colours in, [278]
Encephalitis, case of chronic, [71]
Encephalopathy, [54], [68], [71], [157]
Estimation of lead: in digestion, difficulties of, [18]; in urine, [169], [170], [175]
Excretion: of arsenic, [24]; of lead salts, [32], [127], [128]
Excretory system, [72]
Exhaust ventilation. See [Ventilation]
Experimental lead poisoning: pathology of, [81]; post-mortem findings, [91]; symptoms, [69], [89], [103]
Experimental arsenic poisoning, [24]
Experimental results, summary, [104]
Eye changes, [76], [150], [158]
Facial nerve, paralysis of, [195]
Fæces: examination for lead in, [182]; lead in, [32], [64]
Family susceptibility, [30]
Fans. See [Ventilation]
Faradism for paralysis, [195]
File-cutting, [256]; atrophy of muscles in, [52], [257]; reported cases in, [258]
File-hardening, [258]; lead fume from, [200], [201]; use of fused metallic salts for, [258]
Forms of paralysis, [54], [142]
Fritted lead: action of water on, [89]; poisoning, [34], [97]; solubility test, [14]
Fume (lead) in atmosphere breathed, [198], [207]
Gastric absorption, [19], [21], [22]
Gastric digestion, artificial, [17]
Gastric juice, action on lead salts, [15], [16]
Gastritis in plumbism, [65]
Gastro-intestinal absorption, [12], [13], [64]
Generalized paralysis, [151]
Glass-cutting, [283]
Glaze, [272]; leadless, [274]; low solubility, [274]
Gout, [38]
Hæmatoporphyrin, [180], [182]
Hæmoglobin, [113], [132]
Hæmorrhages in plumbism, [76]
Hæmostatic action of lead salts, [2]
Hair lotions, poisoning from, [13]
Harness furniture, tinning of, [259]
Headache, [120]
Health Register, [228]
Heart, [139], [193]
Heart symptoms, [193]
Heat, exhaust by, [208]
Histological examination of lead tissues, [163], [176]
Histology: of experimental poisoning, [92]; of nervous system, [67]
House-painting, [291]; regulations for, [293]; reported plumbism in, [291]
Hunter, John, “dry bellyache” from rum, [1]
Hyperæsthesia, [161]
Immunity, [27], [29], [113]
Incipient symptoms, [112], [222]
India-rubber, manufacture of, [301]
Inhalation experiments (table), [101]
Inoculation experiments, [83], [88], [99]
Instruction of worker, [240]
Interstitial nephritis, [130]
Intestinal absorption, [22], [94]
Intestinal staining, [21], [94], [125]
Iodine in plumbism, [192]
Ionization in paralysis, [195]
Iron drums, tinning of, [260]
Italians and lead poisoning, [30]
Kidney: changes, [73], [74], [129]; excretion of lead by, [128]; interstitial hæmorrhages, [130]
Lactic acid, solvent action of, [15]
Large intestine and lead absorption, [21]
Lavatories, [235], [238]
Lead: compounds, [7]; fume and dust in atmosphere, [198]-[207]; in urine, [129], [167]; melting-point, [2], [199]
Lead bed in file-cutting, [257]
Lead burning, [262]; in electric accumulators, [283]
Lead chloride in tinning, [200]
Lead dust: minimal toxic dose, [31], [207]; rate of settling, [7]; size of particles, [12]
Lead fume in tinning, [202]
Lead oxide, danger from skimming, [200]
Lead piping, [251]
Lead poisoning: acute, [110]; mortality, [57]; entry of poison, [8]
Lead silicate, [34]
Lead smelting: and silver refining, [242]; analysis of fumes in, [246]; cupellation process, [246]; Huntingdon-Heberlein process, [243]; in blast furnace, [243]; Parkes’s process, [244]; Pattinson process, [245]; reported plumbism, [248]
Leadless glaze, [274]
Leadless paints, [291]
Lead salts: action on blood, [2]; action of gastric juice on, [16], [17]
Lemonade, sulphuric acid, [185]
Letterpress printing. See [Printing]
Litharge, manufacture of, [250]
Lithopone, [291], [292]
Litho-transfers, [277]
Liver, absorption by, [24]
Loss of fat in plumbism, [112]
Lumbago, [115], [192]
Lung: absorption by, [98]; phagocytic absorption of lead, [23]
Meal-rooms, requirements of, [234]
Mechanism of lead absorption, [20]
Medical examination, periodical, [115], [221]-[229]
Medical Health Register, [228]
Medical practitioners and notification, [44]
Melting-point of lead, [2], [199]
Menorrhagia, [36]
Mental symptoms, [114], [121], [158]
Metallic capsules, [297]
Metallic taste, [127]
Micro-chemical tests, [167]
Molten lead, contact with, [297]
Mortality figures, [59]
Motor-cars. See [Coach-painting]
Muscles paralyzed in experimental poisoning, [144]
Muscular system, affections of, [114]-[161]
Nephritis, [192]
Nervous symptoms, [66], [67], [140]; treatment, [193]
Neuritis, peripheral, [66], [67]
Nickel carbonyl poisoning via lung, [11]
Normal lead, [33]
Notification of plumbism, [44]
Œdema of brain, [159]
Olive oil in colic, [189]
Ophthalmoscopic examination, [160]
Oral sepsis, [38]
Orange chrome, [299]
Organic mixtures, lead in, [173]
Organic compounds of lead, [5]
Organs of generation, effect on, [36]
Overalls and head coverings, [230]
Oxides of lead, [3], [249]
Painters and lead poisoning, [107] See also [House-painting]
Paints: and colours, manufacture of, [285]; leadless, [29], [291]
Pancreatic digestion, action of, [17]
Paralysis: in animals, [14]; electrical reactions in, [181]; forms of, [64], [66], [142]; general, [151]; in file-cutters, [152]; insidious onset of, [114]; of special sense organs, [150]; prognosis of, [197]; statistics of, [53]
Parotitis, [127]
Pathology of lead poisoning, [62]
“Pentarcomb” exhaust, [217], [254]
Peptonate of lead, [18]
Peptone, solvent action of, [19]
Perambulators, painting of, [290]
Perihepatitis, [264]
Peripheral neuritis, [266]
Peritonitis, saturnine, [65]
Peroneal paralysis, [149]
Phagocytosis of lead particles, [20]
Phthisis: in printing, [256]; not a sequela, [60]
Physiology of digestion, [16]
Plumbing, [261]
Plumbism, reported cases (1900-1909), [46], [47]
Plumbo-solvency of water, [4]
Porcelain enamelling, [278]
Post-mortem signs, [91], [161]
Potassium iodide, action of, [32], [191]
Pottery. See [Earthenware]
Predisposing causes, [36], [42]
Presaturnine state, [184]
Preventive measures: age of employment, [239]; baths, [238]; cloakroom, [231]; exhaust ventilation, [207]; floors, [240]; food, [86]; head coverings, [231]; instruction of worker, [240]; meal-room, [234]; overalls, [230]; periodical examination, [221]; separation of processes, [239]; washing accommodation, [235]
Printing: compositors’ work, [255]; linotype machine, [200], [211], [217], [253]; reported cases from, [252]; stereo-casting, [254]; type-casting, [252]
Prodromal symptoms: of colic, [118]; of paralysis, [141]
Prognosis in lead poisoning, [197]
Progressive spinal muscular atrophy, [68]
Pulse-rate, alteration of, [76], [115], [118]
Purgatives in lead colic, [188]
Putty powder, [283]
Pyorrhœa alveolaris as predisposing cause, [40], [124]
Qualitative tests, [166]
Quantitative estimation of lead, [170]
Reactions of degeneration, [152]
Red lead: manufacture of, [249]; reported attacks in, [249]
Relative toxic dose of lead compounds, [105]
Repairs in factory as cause of plumbism, [10]
Respirators, inefficiency of, [217]
Respiratory absorption, [9]
Rheumatic pains, [121], [161], [192]
Safes, painting of, [290]
Salivary glands and excretion of lead, [125]
“Selective” action of lead on nerves, [147]
Sequelæ of lead poisoning, [57], [60]
Sex as affecting susceptibility, [35]
Sheet lead, [241]
Shipbuilding, [295]; reported plumbism, [295]
Shot-making, [298]
Silicates of lead, [34]
Silver refining. See [Lead smelting]
Size of particles of lead compounds, [12], [34]
Skin, colour of, [132]
Smelting of lead. See [Lead smelting]
Solar plexus, [65]
Soldering, [261]
Solubility: of lead salts, [5], [15], [16], [17]; test for fritted lead, [14]
Solvent action of peptone, [19]
Spastic paraplegia, [68]
Spiegeleisen, poisoning in manufacture of, [246]
Spring tempering, fume from, [201], [296]
Stained-glass painting, [285]
Statistics of plumbism, [44], [45]
Susceptibility, [27]
Tape measures, painting of, [290]
Tea lead, [251]
Temperature in lead poisoning, [118]
Tempering files, [200]
Terne plates, [260]
Tests for lead, [167]
Tetramethyl diphenyl test, [169]
Thorpe test, [275]
Tiles. See [Earthenware]
Tinning: of hollow-ware, [259]; of harness furniture, [259]; of irondrums, [260]; dust in, [203]; lead chloride fume in, [202]-[203]; repeated attacks in, [261]
Tolerance of lead, [28], [113]
Toxic dose: of lead acetate, [110]; of lead carbonate, [110]; of lead dust, [31], [207]; of fritted lead dust, [88], [97]; of white-lead dust, [85]
Treatment of acute lead poisoning, [111], [184]
Tremor, [142], [156]
Turpentine poisoning, experimental, [108]
Type metal, [202]
Urine: acidity, [181]; chemical examination of, [180]; determination of lead in, [167]; lead in, [32], [73], [169]; phosphates, [181]
Vaso-motor changes, [65], [76], [140]
Ventilation (exhaust), [207]-[220]; by fans, [210]; by heat, [208]; composing boxes, [255]; essential points, [208]; in earthenware, [273]; in electric accumulators, [216], [282]; in enamelling, [278]; in glass-cutting, [284]; in india-rubber, [302]; in lead smelting, [245]; in litharge, [251]; in paints, [215], [286]; in printing foundry, [254]; in red lead, [250]; in spelter, [249]; in tinning, [259]; in vacuum cleaning, [218]; in white lead, [214], [268]; in yarn-heading, [300]; smoke-test, [218]
Volatility of lead, [2]
Washing accommodation, [235]
Wasting in lead poisoning, [113], [115], [145]
Water, action on lead, [3], [4]
White lead: Brimsdown process, [269]; casual labour in, [269]; cause of dangers in, [266]; chamber process, [268]; diminution in reported cases, [270]; Dutch process, [265]; precipitation process, [269]; ventilation in, [214]
Works’ medicines, [185]
Wrist-drop. See [Paralysis]
Yarn-dyeing with chromate of lead, [298]
Zinc: action on kidney, [130]; paints, [292], [294]

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