# Lead poisoning and lead absorption

Author: Legge, Thomas Morison, Sir, 1863-1932; Goadby, Kenneth Weldon, 1873-1958

Genre: Category: Science - Chemistry/Biochemistry

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72301

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Lead+poisoning+and+lead+absorption+Legge&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The use of lead for various industrial processes and for painting was well known to the ancients. Pliny[1] speaks of white lead, and a method of corroding lead in earthen pots with vinegar, sunk into a heap of dung, as the means by which white lead was made for paint. Agricola mentions three forms of lead--white lead, a compound which was probably bismuth, and metallic lead itself. The alchemists were acquainted with the metal under the name of “saturn,” the term signifying the ease with which the nobler metals, silver and gold, disappear when added to molten lead.

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lead-poisoning-and-lead-absorption-72301/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lead-poisoning-and-lead-absorption-72301/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lead-poisoning-and-lead-absorption-72301/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lead-poisoning-and-lead-absorption-72301/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lead-poisoning-and-lead-absorption-72301/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lead-poisoning-and-lead-absorption-72301/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lead-poisoning-and-lead-absorption-72301/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lead-poisoning-and-lead-absorption-72301/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lead-poisoning-and-lead-absorption-72301/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lead-poisoning-and-lead-absorption-72301/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lead-poisoning-and-lead-absorption-72301/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lead-poisoning-and-lead-absorption-72301/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lead-poisoning-and-lead-absorption-72301/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lead-poisoning-and-lead-absorption-72301/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lead-poisoning-and-lead-absorption-72301/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lead-poisoning-and-lead-absorption-72301/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lead-poisoning-and-lead-absorption-72301/chapters/1/index.md)
- [PART II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lead-poisoning-and-lead-absorption-72301/chapters/15/index.md)
- [PART I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/lead-poisoning-and-lead-absorption-72301/chapters/14/index.md)