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plumbism

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lead poisoning

 or plumbism

Poisoning by accumulation of lead in the body. Large doses cause gastroenteritis in adults and brain disorders in children. Anemia, constipation and abdominal spasm, confusion, a progressive paralysis, and sometimes brain cancer result from chronic exposure. Children are particularly susceptible to nerve and brain damage; sensitive tests show that even low levels of lead can harm children and are linked to behavioral problems. Sources in the home include lead-based paint, lead drinking-water pipes, and lead-glazed tableware. Babies, who put things in their mouths, are at highest risk. Working where lead is used and exposure to some insecticides are other risk factors. The U.S. phaseout of lead in gasoline was completed in 1996; similar bans are being implemented worldwide. Treatment involves giving antidotes that bind (see chelate) the lead in the tissues.

plumbism [′pləm·biz·əm]
(medicine)
Lead poisoning.
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Peripheral nervous system findings in plumbism may include wrist and foot drop especially in adults.
The Clinical Spectrum of Lead Toxicity. (Abstracts) by Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science
Indeed, a new disease paradigm did draw attention to plumbism.
Brush with Death: A Social history of lead poisoning. (Reviews) by Carson, Carolyn Leonard / Journal of Social History
Because steel is so much lighter than lead (about 30 percent lighter for a pellet of equal diameter), it didn't have the same killing power as lead, and many hunters said it wounded far more birds than lead killed through plumbism, the eating of spent shot.
HUNTING : TAKING THEIR BEST SHOT WATERFOWL HUNTERS RAVING ABOUT ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
 
 
 
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