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By Abraham Cantarow, M.D., and Max Trumper, Ph.D. Cloth. Price, $3. Pp. 239. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins Company, 1944.

Arch Intern Med. 1945;75(3):213.

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The authors present what might veritably be considered a complete treatise on lead poisoning. They discuss the normal reactions of the body to lead, the pathologic changes in structures and functions occasioned by the presence of lead in the body, the clinical manifestations of lead poisoning and its treatment.

One chapter of importance to physicians who observe workers exposed to lead is the discussion on normal and abnormal levels of lead in the blood, body fluids and excretions.

In the last few chapters the authors discuss the occurrence of chronic lead poisoning, with special attention to industrial poisoning. The book concludes with a discussion of the technical analytic methods, both chemical and polarigraphic, of determination of lead in samples taken from the workroom atmosphere and in samples of urine and blood. A complete bibliography of the literature on lead poisoning is contained within the volume and probably is one of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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