Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives on H.R. 21901 Manufacture, Sale, Etc; Of Adulterated (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ...but will state 'that in the past two years we have had about 50 cases of lead colic or plumbism; however, on y about fifteen of that number being caused by paint. The remainder of the cases came to us from the lead works at Herculaneum, Bonne Terre, and Flat River districts. If this is any value to you, it is cheerfully tendered. Yours, truly, F. G. PERNOUI), M. D., _ Resident Phystcian. CITY HosPITAL, HEALTH DEPARTMENT, CITY or ST. Louis, Mo. h DEAI; SIR: Replying to your request, I have looked up the records here at the ospita. I found that during the fiscal year 1906-7 there were treated here 81 cases of lead colic, and during the year 1907-8, 62 cases, or about 5 cases a month. We have received here all phases of the disease. Most of the patients have worked in lead or were ainters by occupation. The disease as met with here is characterized by general wea ness, soreness in the limbs, pain in the abdomen, which is often of a colicky nature. The patients complain often of obstinate consti ation and headache. At times the mouth and gums become sore and a characteristic lue line shows itself along the margins of the gums. The disease also shows itself by changes which take lace in the blood and also in the nervous system, affecting especially the extremities. he patients complain of wrist drop or foot drop, and in many instances paralysis of the extremities results which ma be more or less permanent. At times mental symptoms present themselves, an these in the chronic condition have been found veriiy refractory to treatment. he disease in its effect is that of a poisoning of the system, and is of interest not onl to the physician but also to those who have relation to the commercial world, an it has become on that account of civic...