Revelations of Egyptian mysteries : history of the Creation, the causes and the progress of the degeneration of nature, the conflagration and manner of the resurrection of the world, as allegorically represented by the Egyptian philosophy: showing the justice of the inculcations of the ancient Egyptian priests and wise men, teaching that salt was fatally hurtful to human nature : with a discourse on the maintenance and acquisition of health, on principles in accordance with the wisdom of the ancients / by Robert Howard.

  • Howard, Robert, approximately 1812-1854.
Date:
1850
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Credit: Revelations of Egyptian mysteries : history of the Creation, the causes and the progress of the degeneration of nature, the conflagration and manner of the resurrection of the world, as allegorically represented by the Egyptian philosophy: showing the justice of the inculcations of the ancient Egyptian priests and wise men, teaching that salt was fatally hurtful to human nature : with a discourse on the maintenance and acquisition of health, on principles in accordance with the wisdom of the ancients / by Robert Howard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    gretted that its place }ias not been supjilied by some other, and more suitable substance; and until that change be made, we shall certainly, as at present, have a large number of paralytic patients, and of those suffering in various ways from the enervating effects of the poison of lead. Lead may justly be numbered amongst the great causes of disease, as is shown by the extensive pre- valence of infirmity amongst those who work at trades in which it is concerned. Lead is very ex- tensively employed in the arts, and there is always a great demand for the preparations which are made from it. So the workers in lead and those with whose work some form of it is concerned, constitute a very numerous class who are, in this way, exposed to its influence. When we reflect on the nature and properties of lead, the idea of living in houses painted with a substance of which it forms the basis, does not convey any agreeable sentiment to the mind. In this case the lead is strongly cemented to the sub- stance which it covers, by means of the oil of the ])aint; were it not so, the most terrible consequences must arise from its use in this way. It is certainly a very undesirable thing to be so completely and constantly surrounded by such a poisonous substance. Some portion of paint, however dry and hard, is always removed by friction ; the hands are con- stantly coming in contact with some part of the wood-work of houses, and their atmosphere cannot always be free from minute particles of lead floating in it. Caution is evidently necessary to guard against the evils which are liable to arise from this