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The mifchicfs arifing from culinary poifons pre- 

 fent a wide field for difcuflion ; but I fhall^ confine 

 myfelf at this time, io the potfon of Lead. Is it not 

 a moving fpe6lacle to fee poor induftrious tradef- 

 men, particularly the manufadlurers of red and 

 white lead, daily expofed to the noxious fumes of 

 this pernicious metal? Unhappy men, whofe hard 

 lot it is to earn, by the fweat of their brow, a fcanty 

 maintenance, breathing all the while a tainted air, 

 and inhaling a flow poifon at every pore, in order 

 to prolong a wretched exiftence ! Thefe furely have 

 a peculiar claim to our compaflionate regards, and 

 I fhould think myfelf happy if I could awaken the 

 attention of this Society towards the alleviation of 

 their fufi^erings. 



The London Society have not been inattentive to 

 this great objedt, as appears from their late pre- 

 miums, particularly concerning a fubftitute for white 

 lead, or a method of divefting it of its deleterious 

 quality; — an objed highly worthy your confidera- 

 tion, as this noxious fubftance conllitutes the bafis 

 of all our common paint, the injurious efFeds of 

 which are univerfally complained of. 



The exten five ufc of lead in various forms, 

 enables itto aflail all the avenues of life. Some- 

 times it atucks the human frame by an open 



Vol. V. A a affaulr. 



