51 8 ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



fick is fweec, and fomething of a blueifli 

 colour, refembhng what one obferves when 



he chews lead. The pulfeis a little low ; 



the fkin is all over cold ; and a clammy 



Iweat frequently breaks out. The legs 



become feeble v»rith a prickling numbnefs ; 

 and there is a debility and lazinefs in all 



the body. The appetite goes away, 



and they do not digeft what food they take. 



Sometimes a diarrhoea makes a cure ; 



but, if it continues too long, it is very hurt • 



ful In this lladium, the fick are yet a- 



ble to go about and to v\ ork. 



But, if thefe fymptoms continue long, 

 and fpirituous liquors are drunk with an 

 empty itomach, or after working lead, 

 the difeafe comes to its fecond ftage : In 

 which, to the former complaints, are ad- 

 ded a fixed pain in the ilomach and guts, 

 efpecially in the lower part oi the abdo- 

 men, extending itfelf from the one os ilpum 

 to the Other. — — - 1 he patientb become ve- 

 ry coftive, with the fenfe of lomewhat 

 gnawing their inteiiines; and the puHb 



turns quick with heat on the fkin. 



Giddinefs, with vehement pain, feizes the 



