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Th k fymptoms in them are very like 

 to what men fufFer Dogs, in the laft 

 llage, lie either dull and ftupid, or bite 

 and fnatch at every creature that comes 

 near them: Nay, they will gnaw and tear 

 up the ground upon which they lie, after 

 they cannot raife themfelves on their 

 legs. 



Til E people at Lead hills are fo averfe to 

 opening of dead bodies, that I could never 

 prevail upon thern to allow nie to open 

 any who died of this difeafe. But, in a 

 dog who had it, 1 found fludge * lying on 

 the inner coat of the ilomach and inte- 

 flines ; and. in feveral parts, it was turned 



to a crufl: The guts were much in- 



iiamed in fome places, and in others a 

 mortification was begun with holes thro' 

 them. — ■■■ — His foeces were very hard ; and, 

 where they were of little quantity, the 

 coats of the guts were thick, and the 

 pailage through them lels. 



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* The fine particles of lead which fubfide {lowly in 

 water, in which lead has been waflied. 



