A Case of Lead Poisoning by Beer

Abstract

strongly on the intestine, and that there is desquamation on recovery. This was so In my cases, the desquamation being strongly marked in the little girl. Durham and others have found bacilli after meat poisoning since Gaertner's cases, but these differ slightly, and probably belong to different groups. Klein found a bacillus (B. enteritidis sporogenes) in rice and milk puddings that were said to have given diarrhoea to the whole of the patients in a hospital ward. Gaertner mentions that his bacillus causes illness after 24 hours, but that the toxin acts much sooner.

Health Concerns of Heavy Metals and Metalloids

“…Some breweries in the early ninteenth century advertised their beer as being lead-free. But such a case was reported in the British Medical Journal by a doctor in Morriston, Glamorganshire, in 1900 24 . A man, just referred to as ''W.O.…”