Essay on the Liverpool spa' water / [Thomas Houlston].

  • Thomas Houlston
Date:
1773
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Credit: Essay on the Liverpool spa' water / [Thomas Houlston]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ( 7« ) -oil-cafe fwhich has fugar of lead in itscompofi- tionj may produce inconveniences to del'icate habits, particularly to fuch as wear focks of it. The effects confequent upon this accidental ufe of lead, are, obftinate conftipation, with violent colicky pains (the Colica Pictonum, Dc- vonfhire, or, more properly, metallic colic) and confequent paralytic affedions, refolution and lofs of colour of the mufcles, pains, tremors, fpafms, fupprelTion of urine, afthma, fufrocati- on; vertigo, epilepfy, apoplexy, idiotifm; pulmonary confumption, flow fever and death. Thofe whofe employment expofes them to the aclion of poifonous metallic , effluvia, as thofe who work in lead mines, copper works, &c. find the bed preventative to be greafy fub- fiances, as fat broth or oil taken every morn¬ ing, and thus they are in fome degree defended againft its baneful induence. For the cutc of the metallic colic, recourfe is had to the Cremor Xartari, Caftor Oil, fbme- times to the quick, adlive, purgatives, emetics opiates and giyfters. The Bath waters are found very ferviceable in palfies confequent on this me¬ tallic colic. Very excellent effedls arc related by Grafhuis, and after him, by our ingenious coun-