This section is from the book "Essentials Of Materia Medica And Therapeutics", by Alfred Baring Garrod. Also available from Amazon: The Essentials Of Materia Medica And Therapeutics.
(Pb. Eq. = 103.5.) Metallic lead is not employed in medicine; but when individuals are exposed for a long time to its influence, as by handling it, they exhibit symptoms of slow poisoning.
 
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