This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1825 Excerpt: ...of cold wa ter, twice a day; taking care, at the same lime, that it docs not occasion costiveness. At this time, the cold bath and steel medicines will be likewise proper. Prevention. Gilders should be particularly careful to turn their heads aside as much as can be, during their work; for, by carefully attending to ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1825 Excerpt: ...of cold wa ter, twice a day; taking care, at the same lime, that it docs not occasion costiveness. At this time, the cold bath and steel medicines will be likewise proper. Prevention. Gilders should be particularly careful to turn their heads aside as much as can be, during their work; for, by carefully attending to this, they would escape most of the fumes. They should, moreover, always contrive, as much as possible, by opening the windows or door of the place where they are at work, to have a current of air from behind them towards the chimney: where this could be managed, especially if a brisk fire were at the same time kept up, the merrurial fumes, instead of being diffused in the atmosphere around them, would be immediately carried away in a body up the chimney. Diet, fcfe. With regard to die diet of such people, it should be nourishing, but quite temperate Whenever they feel themselves much disordered, they should tuke an emetic; and they should always be careful to keep their bodies moderately open. It is no unusual practice with persons employed in working quicksilver mines, to put on gloves, and masks furnished with glass eye holes; gilders would do well to imitate them in ooth these re spects. They can have no objection to follow the first, and a little reflection will serve to convince them of the property of overcoming every prejudice against the last of these precautions rUM AHSEKIC Many of the ores of s-lver, and some of those of tin, antimony, &c contain a portion of arsenic, to the vapours of which the workmen are exposed, during the pounding, roasting, and smelting ol thoe metals-Th same thing happens, likewise, in the melting of pewter, enamels, and all compound metals, in which arsenic is used as an ingredient. In which soever of thes...
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Add this copy of Five Thousand Receipts in All the Useful and Domestic to cart. $225.00, Sold by Bartleby's Books ABAA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chevy Chase, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1831 by Printed by James Kay, Jun.; Pittsburgh: John J. Kay.
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1831, Printed by James Kay, Jun.; Pittsburgh: John J. Kay
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Printed by James Kay, Jun.; Pittsburgh: John J. Kay
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1831
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English
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Period leather binding. Leather jacket cover sewn over the binding. 8vo. 456pp. A few scattered recipes laid in.
Add this copy of Five Thousand Receipts in All the Useful and Domestic to cart. $250.00, like new condition, Sold by Bartleby's Books ABAA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chevy Chase, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1827 by Printed by James Kay, Jun. for John Grigg, Uriah Hunt, Towar & Hogan, R....
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1827, Printed by James Kay, Jun. for John Grigg, Uriah Hunt, Towar & Hogan, R...