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Lead poisoning - Early works to 1800

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    Cautions to the heads of families, in three essays: I. On cyder-wine, prepared in Copper Vessels; with Hints for the Improvement of Cyder, Perry, and other Fruit Liquors. II. On the poison of lead -Method of detecting it in various Liquors, Foods, Medicines, Cosmeticks, &c. with general Indications of Cure. III. On the poison of copper -How it may be discovered though in very minute Quantity-Method of Cure. By A. Fothergill, M.D. F. R. S. Member of the Royal College of Physicians, London, And of the Medical Societies of London, Edinburgh, and Paris.

    Fothergill, A. (Anthony), 1732?-1813. | Date: MDCCXC. [1790]
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    An account of a new and successful method of treating those affections which arise from the poison of lead; to which are added general observations on the internal use of lead as a medicine. By Henry Clutterbuck, Member Of The Corporation Of Surgeons, And Surgeon To The Royal Universal Dispensary.

    Clutterbuck, Henry, 1767-1856. | Date: 1794
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