The potter and lead poisoning / by W. Dowling Prendergast.

  • Prendergast, W. Dowling.
Date:
1898
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Credit: The potter and lead poisoning / by W. Dowling Prendergast. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Experiments in Parchment Membrane. Amount of Lead Carbonate Amount of Pepsin Amount of H.C.L. in terms of solution Lead in g Diffused rs. per oz. N on- diffused Total dissolved grs. per oz. of solution. 15-4 15 4 •3 4 22 1 25 5‘47 15-4 7-7 •3 3-28 205 5-38 15-4 3-85 3 3-32 2T6 5 48 15-4 Nil. •3 3-56 2-31 5-87 15-4 15-4 Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. The results obtained are not intended to be compared with the experiments made with natural and artificial Gastric Juice. II. Digestion Experiments. (r) Action of natural Gastric Juice upon lead when albumen is being digested. Amount of Lead Carb. Condition of Digestion. Amount of Lead dissolved. 1 r 154 grs. dil. G.J. 1 Nov. 1 15-4 grs. 1 200 grs. of 1 00048 grs. per oz. G.J. 1 1 diluted Albumen J 1 Nov. 2 15-4 „ » * •00057 „ 15-4 „ If •00048 .. Artificial Gastric Juice. 15’4 grs. •00048 „ If we compare the amount of lead dissolved when • food is present and when fasting, we are enabled to see the reason for the statement that the lead worker should not begin work till after the breakfast hour, an albuminate
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