... uponexamination with a magnifying glass, found the leather of the piston covered with an infinite number of veryminute shining particles of lead. Perhaps in this instance the metal was so minutely divided ... for the assistance they so readily afforded me, in perfectingsome of the cases, and in communicating the events of others. The ages of the patients are not always exact, nor would the labour of ... beingplaced in bed, the faintness and sickness continued; severe rigors ensued, and violent vomiting; thesevomitings continued through the night, and in the intervals he lay in a state nearly approaching...