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and to produce its pernicious cffe6ls. Inftances of 

 this have been remarked by my friend Dr. Per aval, 

 and other accurate obfervers. To prevent the 

 tender fkin of infants from being excoriated, nurfes 

 feldom fail to fprinkle the parts plentifully with 

 white lead. Hence perhaps the fevere gripes and 

 fatal convulfions which fo often enfue, though ge- 

 nerally attributed to other caufes. 



Children's Playthings are commonly painted 

 with a compofition of red or white lead; but how 

 often do we fee the fmiling innocents fuck within 

 their lips thofe pernicious toys, while the unfuf- 

 pedling parents look on with apparent fatisfa6tion ! 

 The application of an ointment with litharge, or 

 white lead, to nurfes fore nipples, often proves 

 fatal to fucking infants: twelve inftances of this 

 fort are recorded by Sir George Baker to have 

 happened at Dartmouth. — Our common red wafers 

 receive their colour from red lead. When thefe 

 are accidentally picked up by tame birds, they foon 

 prove fatal, which ought to be a caution to thofe 

 inconfiderate perfons who are fond of not only 

 chewing, but fwallowing them. 



Painters in Water-colours are equally re- 

 prehenfible for incautioufly moiftening their pencil 

 with their lips, and frequently holding it in their 



mouths 



