Some observations on the contamination of water by the poison of lead : and its effects on the human body : together with remarks on some other modes in which lead may be injurious in domestic life / by James Bower Harrison.

  • Harrison, James Bower.
Date:
1852
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Credit: Some observations on the contamination of water by the poison of lead : and its effects on the human body : together with remarks on some other modes in which lead may be injurious in domestic life / by James Bower Harrison. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    PEEEACE. Whatever may be the motives attributed to me by others, I can honestly state that I write what follows for the public good. If I had been anxious to extend my practice as a medical man, I should have chosen any other subject in preference to that upon which I have written. On the other hand, I do not greatly value popular fame, when T find so large a share of patronage bestowed upon those whom I conscienti- ously beheve to be either mistaken in their views, or dishonest in their practice; and I can state, from mv own observation, that