Lead Poisoning and Lead Absorption (Classic Reprint): The Symptoms, Pathology and Prevention, with Special Reference to Their, Industrial Origin and ... Processes Involving Risk (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Thomas M. Legge

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1332314619 ISBN 13: 9781332314614

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

This book is the first full and critical treatise in the English language on lead poisoning and its prevention. It brings together evidence from medical and industrial sources, with special reference to the causation of lead poisoning by the inhalation of dust. The author was one of the pioneers in the field of lead poisoning and his work has been of great importance in the improvement of working conditions in lead industries. This book will be of great value to all who are interested in the prevention of this common industrial disease.

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Excerpt from Lead Poisoning and Lead Absorption: The Symptoms, Pathology and Prevention, With Special Reference to Their, Industrial Origin and an Account of the Principal Processes Involving Risk

Progress in the knowledge of the use of lead, the pathology of lead poisoning, and the means of preventing or mitigating the risk from it, has been rapid of late years, and has led to much legislative action in all civilized countries. The present is a fitting time, therefore, to take stock of the general position. We have both, in different ways, been occupied with the subject for several years past, the one administratively, and the other experimentally, in addition to the practical knowledge gained by examining weekly over two hundred lead-workers.

The present treatise takes account mainly of our own persona experience, and of work done in this country, especially by members of the Factory Department of the Home Office, and certifying and appointed surgeons carrying out periodical medical examinations in lead factories. The book, however, has no official sanction.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1332314619
• ISBN 13: 9781332314614
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 332