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they ought to avail themfelves of a free ventilation 

 to carry off the noxious vapours, and alfo to breathe 

 through mufflers compofed of double cloth or 

 flannel well dipped in an alkaline ley, and alfo be 

 careful to throw off their dirty clothes the moment 

 their work is over. By thefe precautions they pro- 

 bably might be in a great meafure preferved from 

 the poifonous fumes that daily furround them.— 

 The like method of prevention is no lefs applicable 

 to thofe who are occupied in other pernicious mi- 

 nerals, as grinders of verdigris, gilders in water- 

 colours, workers in quickfilver, &c. 



Method of Cure. 



The treatment of the various ftubborn diforders 

 refulting from the poifon of lead belongs not to 

 the common people, but demands the early aid 

 and attention of a judicious and experienced phy- 

 fician, who perfedlly underftands the chemical and 

 medical properties of this mineral. Such a prac- 

 titioner, however, is not always at hand ; therefore 

 to prevent improper management, or lofs of time, 

 I fliall briefly flcetch out the principal oudines of 

 cure, which is all that can be attempted in the pre- 

 fent eflay. At firft the poifon generally exerts its 

 virulence on the inteftines under the form of colick, 

 attended with fevere pain, obftinatc coftivcnefs, 



and 



