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Lead Poisoning and Lead Absorption

by Sir Thomas Morison Legge and Kenneth Weldon Goadby

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Table XI — Inoculation

No. of
Animal.
Weight.Total Compound used
and Quantity.
Number of
Inoculations.
Date of
First
Symptoms.
Duration.Result.Final
Weight.
Kgs.Kgs.
163·2000·91 grm. lead acetate: (1) 0·16; (2) 0·5; (3) 0·253Forty-fifth day encephalopathy47 daysDied1·750
253·350Fritted lead: (1) 0·6; (2) 2·0 = 2·6 grms.2Twenty-sixth day slight paralysis of left hind-limb26 daysKilled3·200
283·0502 grms. white lead1Fourth day aborted23 daysDiedWeight not affected
313·4500·35 grm. white lead—No symptoms1 yearRecovered3·300
322·9000·3 grm. frit1Eleventh day stiff joint; stepping not normal28 daysParalysis; died2·400
333·1500·16 grm. PbO as acetate1Fifteenth day paralysis22 daysParalysis; killed2·150
353·7502·0 grms. water-washed frit1Ninth day aborted1 yearRecovered, but thin2·900
403·0501·0 grm. unwashed frit1Forty-seventh day some muscular weakness58 daysDied2·250
413·0001·0 grm. acetic acid and water-washed frit1No symptoms5 monthsRecovered2·900
422·8001·0 grm. water-washed frit1No symptoms4 monthsRecovered2·950
432·900Lead nitrate in water: 0·01 grm. per diem—Thirtieth day encephalopathy5 monthsDied2·100

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