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A Case of Lead Encephalopathy
I am recording the notes of this interesting case for several reasons. It is a most uncommon condition. Out of 2,448 cases of plumbism reported during the last four years under the Workshops and Factories Act, only 84 were cases of encephalopathy; and Janquerel, the French physician, in his clinic reports 1,217 cases of colic, 101 of palsy, and only 72 of encephalopathy, of which latter 16 died...
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was good and he played football the same evening. Next morning there was no pain and he did his normal duties. Towards the afternoon the pain recurred and he discovered that his eyesight had become weak. His dinner had to be brought to him by a comrade. He went to bed in that condition and on waking at about 3 a.m. found his vision had completely failed. His sole complaints on admission were lo...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1961
ISSN: 0035-9157
DOI: 10.1177/003591576105400317