Daily American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1852, 1852-01-19

which poison Vessels lined with porslain sbo,d y
ways be used The red glazed with lead
and IL always acted on by acids and OIL The dry choc or
cholera as 1t Is called in the newspapers which often detail
such wonders as new diseases may be traced to false
Dr. Dana has traced several Of violent gripping and
purgng to the cider ones
10Th different preparations e ad French s,yee chocolate &
corered Wh lead foil this BY moisture may form a. orids
e cause yiole grngs and dqrAea from he poison being
absorbed by tie ay These accidents however, not the
full disease requires much innnes eosre 10 s noao aw
Gus substance. See the table I \ me rl.,'s
that q, inpregnated ,gi Z sos ssd s % an ,n a,a
non he fact That cats Jo horses and dogs Hat lire IN LEAD
nregnated Nth quite suc % IL poisonoas sect
Cops ana horses paasd neg, lead mines and drinking he
ae most houghaess Gompositors and tyne fonndsrs are
often Affected we have repeatedly 1t amongst this
class Of artisans We lost two patients, brother and
sister, under our own brutal parent persstn0 in
keeping them at the deadly employment.
Various symptoms peceds the appearance the cholIc
we shall mention but few recent discovery and by far
the most important blue tinge Of the gums where
they meet the teeth This Is caused the small particles
OF food which decay and form suphuret Of hydrogen
large product of all decayng animal matter The sulphur
unites with the lead and forms suphuret of lead This
possess postvs symptom and give opinion with
certainty whether the person Is poisoned We have re-
peatedy 1t In OF painters this city Jaundce
and emaciaon follow in greater degree some
times scarcely percepble and sometimes extremely marked
There many distinct but minor symptoms until at
length the final characteristic one lead choc which
Is the chief disease appears THIS is known violent PAIN
above beneath IL and less frequently in various other
parts of the abdomen We have at this moment case un
der notice. where we believe the poison to exist and
appears with varied degrees of intensity from slight
Some may formed qf is rioleree from tie Jae ssalsd
by 1anqueye that the PATIENTS obseruing IN cases. that
abdomen. "somemes the suferngs Of these unfortunate
beings completely oyepower them that they perceive
nothing that around them The pain
batrn
applied to the somaeh they will attempt suicide by
ing themselves out Of window" We testify to the
truth Of all this for have 1t repeatedly this
CITY, Obstinate constipation the next most prominent
symptom 1t il also accompanied with urgent desire and
tanalizing inability to pass the contents of the bowels
There is often great difficulty in passing urine Nausea
conmon vomiting less frequent These all Of the symp-
number of others attend and help distinguish the disease
from common choc strangulated intestine visible rap
symptoms The patients safety must depend exclusively
upon the sagacty of his physician remarkable fact in
this disease is that each attack, If not allevated soon,
always disappears within the approach of morning.
The disease observes no order in Its of
then suddenly declining and leaving the person apparently
WELL but he knows not at what moment he may be rea
the causes that may renducc it. The poison is in the sys
tenn and only waits for some ayoring circumstance,
known to to reappear in all its awful violence Unclean
illness and ntemperapce however known to be power
full agents in inducing attack The first operates BY al
lowing the particles of lead to accumulate the skin and
about the teeth temperance operates by weakening the
natural power Of resistance TO the lead poison as well as
other diseases The filthy and Incorporate workmen
are almost always the liable The other three diseases
we have mentioned very apt to follow the ehoc but the
uncerain cannot notice them In this article
shall say nothing about constitutional preventives,
taking counterchemcal agents, sulphurc and
nitric acds into the stomach to neutraize the lead,
sponges prevent its entering These remedies bad
az the disease-the first Is itself poison the second
the thing; breathe must, and that
freely all ponges and other contrvances hinder the pro-
The right method is 10 leure the employment long
streets soee earth 10 cutipate man Is
fool oo o ,oork in lead, mercury sulphBric acid ang
oer violent chemical agent IL Il true, vii
| then
Fortunately for humanity the II science md
country hare giren The means ~ bontsi"0 Her t,3L
diseases fr0a hc earth has been fOnnd hGi mi
erery pm pose Of he VLe lend Qf po,', pp a0S
rrry other purpose # me1hic iedi 0t rOofs incyis. a
We er1niined q nuBLcr If t0t7,o3 yU ms
teria and de,ere 10 be iuiy capable IF suJe>,g riirc
cite lead. The mast Jedut ~ hc o ~ n IN 'f 4
tchen property prepared greatly SLI,ir a' g, bt
cause easily dcted 6y Gr heI. II
the dfno,hee edd paint bei0 often e1g ,tOred from
more delicate appearance than rArurs ad sli painted
with the various shades Of zinc When ncct that thi
metal IL utterly destitute of all Ieri iou properties
that It's vast abundance In the diru Slate II New Jce
will fill all the demands for it, most eNlcnsiye slr
ONLY Wow Il ns one Of the chC :f Of Providence
country No pcrtons regardfu of tlcr health, and doiu
Of escaping great danger from the poisonous cNaatio
white lead should oonFen 10 have their interior art
painted with that PERM ious substance. rcus
this paint and the metallic zinc may bc sccu 1T t' CNo
the New Jersey zinc ComJany. 81 Lhcrty street NOV York
An agency has been established IL London Lhc ni ai
being far inferior In purity 10 tho American