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" the greater frequency of palfies, apoplexies, mad- 

 ncfs, and all the frightful train of nervous difeafes 

 which fuddcnly attack us without our being able to 

 account for the caufe, or which gradually weaken 

 our faculties, are the poifonous efFedls of this per- 

 nicious metal taken into the body infenfibly with 

 our vifbuals, and thereby intermixed with the ani- 

 mal juices/* 



From the numerous examples of thefe alarming 

 maladies which have appeared fince the above pe- 

 riod, and particularly of late^ we may conclude rhat 

 the caufe (whatever it may be) ftili fubfifts without 

 the fmalleft diminution. If to the efFedbs of this 

 poifon we add thofe of lead, and trace back their 

 rcfpe(5live influence in cookery, pharmacy, and the 

 arts 5 and refledl how often they may thus gain filent 

 admifTion into our bodies in various foods, as well 

 as medicines, we fliall advance flill nearer to the 

 truths and perhaps find fufficient caufe for the 

 above conje6ture, ^f fo, we (hall fee but too much 

 reafon to exclaim with the fons of the Prophets, 

 (2 Kings iv. 40.) 



« Death is in the Pot." 



But even admitting the myftery to be thus folved, 

 and the real caufe difcovered, it flill rcfts with our- 



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