Lead Poisoning From Snuff
Authors: R. J. Reitzel
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1929)

Article1 October 1929Lead Poisoning From SnuffR. J. REITZEL, M.D., F.A.C.P.R. J. REITZEL, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-3-4-378 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptNotwithstanding education, publicity, and restrictive measures lead poisoning has become the chief industrial hazard. Since compounds of lead frequently contaminate drinking water, beverages, cosmetics and a variety of other substances used by mankind, it has become equally as important a factor in causing distress and sickness among the non-industrial population. New sources of lead poisoning are constantly being uncovered so that it behooves the Medical Profession to be forever on the watch for this important disease and its manifestations. Within the past year another source of lead poisoning, while by no means new, should be newly emphasized in this country....Bibliography1 MODEL H: Warnung den toback nicht in bley aufzuheben, Arch. de Med. Pol. 2:250, 1784, (Cited by Bauer and Ropes.) Google Scholar2 OTTO : Case of Poisoning by Lead in Maccouba Snuff. Lond. Med. Gaz. April 1843; ab. Am. Jour. Med. Sc. 26; 503, 1843. Google Scholar3 BILLINGS J: Lead Poisoning from Snuff and Tobacco. Index Cat. Surgeon-Gen. U. S. Army VII: (First Series) 907, 1886. Google Scholar4 MEYER M: Ueber Partielle Lähmungen der Extremitäten durch fortgesetzen Gebrauch von bleihaltigem Schnupf-tatback, Arch. f. path. Anat. 11:209, 1856. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5 SONNENKALB E: Ueber Bleigehalt der Schnupf-taback mit besonderer Beziehung zu Leipzig, Deutsche Ztschr. f. d. Staatsarznk, (New Series) 13:191, 1859. Google Scholar6 GARROD A: Clinical Lecture. Lead Poisoning—the Relation between Lead-impregnation and Gout etc. Lancet 1:1, 1872. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7 MCCAW W: Lead Poisoning from Snuff. Index Cat. Surgeon-Gen. U. S. Army IX: (Second Series) 344, 1904. Google Scholar8 ORMSBY R: Aphonia Caused by Lead Poisoning Contracted by the Abuse of Snuff. New York, M. J. 52:552, 1890. Google Scholar9 STADLER E: Ein Fall von tötlicher Bleivergiftung durch Schunpf-taback, Cor. bf. f. Schweiz. Aertze 42: 145, 1912. ab. Chem. Abstr. 6: 2,139, 1912. Google Scholar10 UTTAL J: Chronic Lead Poisoning from Snuff. Report of three cases. Jour. A. M. A. 90: 288, (Jan.) 1928. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11 BAUERROPES WMW: A Case of Lead Poisoning Resulting from the Use of Snuff, Jour. A. M. A. 90: 757, (Mar.) 1928. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12 The Encyclopedia Americana. Vol. XIV: Snuff, 1904. Google Scholar13 HASSEL AH: Food and Its Adulteration, London, 1849, p. 509 (quoted by Bauer and Ropes). Google Scholar14 WICKE : On Snuff Containing Lead. Henle, N. F. Vol. 1: p. 195. ab. A Year-book of Med. and Surg. p. 452, 1860(New Sydenham Society). Google Scholar15 GARNER WW: Personal Communication. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Google Scholar16 REMINGTON RE: A Hitherto Unsuspected Source of Arsenic in Human Environment. Jour. Amer. Chem. Soc. 49: 1,410, 1917. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17 MINOT F: Paralysis of Lower Extremities from Lead: Rapid Recovery under Iodide of Potassium. Bost. Med. and Surg. Jour. Vol. CIX: 155, 1883. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Galveston, Texas*Read at the Boston meeting of the American College of Physicians, April 11, 1929.†From the Department of Internal Medicine, Texas University Medical School. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byLead Content of Chewing Tobaccos and SnuffsResolution Adopted by the Joint Committee on Health Problems in Education of the National Education Association and the American Medical Association, June, 1936 1 October 1929Volume 3, Issue 4Page: 378-385KeywordsBeverages ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1929 PDF downloadLoading ...