Lead poisoning in its acute and chronic forms : the Goulstonian lectures, delivered in the Royal College of Physicians, March 1891 / by Thomas Oliver.
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- 1891
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Credit: Lead poisoning in its acute and chronic forms : the Goulstonian lectures, delivered in the Royal College of Physicians, March 1891 / by Thomas Oliver. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![Tlios. S., ngp 48 ; ]ihiinbev. Lond nolii' ; lins initral systnlin irmniiiir ; viglit vndinl. 17tli Di'f. 1800. Tlios. S. Left radial ; shows pulse to he of higher tension than opposite imlial. 17th Dec. 1890. Dorothy R., age 39. Tracing taken at factory. Eight radial ; has never had colic ; shows equality of pulses. 24th Dec. 1890. Dorothy E. Left radial. 24th Dec. 1890. A veiy early symptom noticed in lead poisoning, is alteration of the menstrual f'wnetion; the menses become either excessive or deficient. A very large number of female lead workers sufter from menorrhagia,—even young girls of from seventeen to twenty-four. I find nearly 50 per cent, of those engaged at the factories, and whilst regarding this as a condition which furthers the development of the anannia so often present, it is not the cause, for the cachexia affects men equally with women. Other women again suffer from scanty menstruation. Lead disturbs the utero-ovarian function, and the earlier this occurs, the more likely is the individual to suffer from plumhism. Lead workers miscarry in a much larger per centage than other women.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21921507_0080.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
