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The rear hall and bathroom contained small amounts, and were not 

 quantitatively examined. For several months after taking the house 

 no trouble was experienced, but toward the summer of 1884 Mr. A. 

 and his wife, together with a gentleman who occupied the house with 

 them, began to feel some discomfort. This disappeared during the 

 absence of the family from the house in the summer, but began again 

 soon after they returned in the autumn. The plumbing was in good 

 condition and the furnace was a new one. From the fact that the 

 discomfort was worse when the latter was in action, the source of the 

 trouble was attributed to it. No immediate increase of the symptoms 

 followed the papering of the halls, but the health of the family grew 

 worse during the spring of 1885. The chief symptoms were trouble 

 with the digestive organs and insomnia. The tongue was heavily 

 coated, and the food seemed to " sour " in the stomach. Nausea was 

 frequent. There was much languor and dizziness and the eyelids 

 were badly inflamed. In July the family went away to the sea-shore, 



