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painter's colic
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Plumbism
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Lead poisoning (also known as plumbism, colica pictorum, saturnism, Devon colic, or painter's colic) is a type of metal poisoning and a medical condition in humans and other vertebrates caused by increased levels of the heavy metal lead in the body.
Lead poisoning (also known as saturnism, plumbism, Devon colic, or painter's colic) is a medical condition caused by increased levels of lead in the blood [ 62].
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Verify the painter's credentials.
One day when she… A man, who is normal in every respect but his height (5.1) went shopping in the boy's department of a large store, and on his… Following an outbreak of painters colic among the lions and tigers, the authorities got in touch with the A. C. Horn Paint Co., and asked… Young husband drove to the Westbury station to pick up his wife, who was coming out on a late afternoon train.
By John M. Woodburn, St. Clair McKelway, and Russell Maloney The New Yorker, October 8, 1938 P. 11 Following an outbreak of painters colic among the lions and tigers, the authorities got in touch with the A. C. Horn Paint Co., and asked them to produce a harmless paint, mild enough not to injure any of the beasts who might chew it off the bars of their cages.
Following an outbreak of painters colic among the lions and tigers, the authorities got in touch with the A. C. Horn Paint Co., and asked them to produce a harmless paint, mild enough not to injure any of the beasts who might chew it off the bars of their cages.
(The Lady Drury's medicine for the colic).
"She has colic.
New baby had colic.
Can I head off colic?
Bob Dylan, painter?
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