Most of the preventive measures mentioned are enforced under regulations or special rules applying to the various industries or under powers conferred by the Factory and Workshops Act, 1901. Occasionally, however, where, in the present state of knowledge, particular processes are not amenable to the measures ordinarily applied, we have suggested other possible lines on which the dangers may be met. We have not reprinted these regulations and special rules, as anyone consulting this book is sure to have access to them in the various works published on the Factory Acts.
The practical value of the experimental inquiry described in Chapter VI., and the light it seems to throw on much that has been difficult to understand in the causation of lead poisoning, has led us to give the results in detail.
One of us (K. W. G.) is responsible for Chapters I., III., and V. to XI., and the other (T. M. L.) for Chapters II. and XII. to XVII.; but the subject-matter in all (except Chapter VI., which is the work entirely of K. W. G.) has been worked upon by both.
Our thanks are due to the Sturtevant Engineering Co., Ltd., London; Messrs. Davidson and Co., Ltd., Belfast; the Zephyr Ventilating Co., Bristol; and Messrs. Enthoven and Sons, Ltd., Limehouse, for kindly supplying us with drawings and photographs.
September, 1912.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| I. | Historical—Chemistry of Lead | [1] |
| II. | Ætiology | [7] |
| III. | Susceptibility and Immunity | [27] |
| IV. | Statistics of Plumbism | [44] |
| V. | Pathology | [62] |
| VI. | Pathology—Continued | [81] |
| VII. | Symptomatology and Diagnosis | [110] |
| VIII. | Excretion of Lead | [127] |
| IX. | The Nervous System | [140] |
| X. | Chemical Investigations | [165] |
| XI. | Treatment | [184] |
| XII. | Preventive Measures against Lead Poisoning | [199] |
| XIII. | Preventive Measures against Lead Poisoning—Continued | [221] |
| XIV. | Preventive Measures against Lead Poisoning—Continued | [230] |
| XV. | Description of Processes | [242] |
| XVI. | Description of Processes—Continued | [265] |
| XVII. | Description of Processes—Continued | [288] |
| Index | [305] | |
LIST OF PLATES
| FACING PAGE | |
|---|---|
| [Plate I.] | 92 |
| [Plate II.] | 93 |
| [Plate III.] | 95 |
| [Plate IV.] | 276 |