Lead poisoning and lead absorption : $b The symptoms, pathology and prevention, with special reference to their industrial origin, and an account of the principal processes involving riskLegge, Thomas Morison, Sir
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Lead poisoning and lead absorption : $b The symptoms, pathology and prevention, with special reference to their industrial origin, and an account of the principal processes involving risk
Legge, Thomas Morison, Sir
Lead poisoning
_Second Series._--B. In other experiments a chamber containing two
separate compartments was constructed, and lead dust suspended in
air was blown into the two compartments by means of an electric fan
situated outside. The apparatus was so arranged that the draught of
air from the fan passed through two separate boxes, in which the lead
compound under experiment was kept agitated by means of small fans
situated in the boxes and driven by a second electric motor. In this
way two different samples of lead were experimented on at one and the
same time, the air current driving in the dust through the two boxes
being equal on the two sides; the quantity of dust was therefore
directly proportional to the compound used. Samples of the dusty air
were aspirated off and subjected to analysis, as in the first series.
In this series of experiments the animals were so arranged that only
their heads projected into the dust chamber during exposure.
2. =Feeding Experiments.=--Feeding experiments were carried out by
mixing a weighed dose of the lead compound experimented with, and
adding this to a small portion of the animal’s first feed in the
morning. It was found that unless the lead was well incorporated with
the animal’s food it would not take the lead in the dry form; and in
dealing with white lead and other dust, it was necessary to give the
compound in a similar form to that in which a man would obtain it under
industrial conditions, which of course precluded the use of a solution.
The amount of lead given by the mouth as a control to the inhalation
experiments was from seven to ten times the dose which could be taken
by the animal during its exposure in the cage, and the dose was given
daily, and not every third day as in the inhalation experiments. All
the compounds used in the inhalation experiments were given to animals
by the mouth, the animals’ weights being carefully noted.
In a further series of feeding experiments a soluble salt of lead
was added to the animals’ food (water or milk), the salt in this case
being the nitrate. The quantity added was much smaller than in the dust
experiments. 0·1 gramme was given daily.
3. =Inoculation Experiments.=--As a further control to both the
breathing and feeding experiments, the various lead compounds similar
to those used in the other experiments were inoculated into animals.
The insoluble salts gave some difficulty in the technique of injection,
but by using a large needle, and making the suspension of the material
in the syringe, the difficulty was overcome. The quantity of material
inoculated varied; it was calculated in fractions of a gramme per
kilogramme body weight, the quantity of fluid used being the same in
all cases--namely, 10 c.c.--and inoculations were made subcutaneously
and intramuscularly in the muscles of the back after previous shaving.
In only one case was localized inflammation produced, and this was when
the acetate was the salt employed.
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