Miners Guide to Toxicology

 Miners Guide to Toxicology
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Item Lore: Miners Guide to Toxicology
Miner Maters Guide to
Mineral Toxicology

WHITE LEAD

By combining LIMESTONE found
on the coastal edge of the
Butcherblock Mountains with
LEAD SULPHIDES I have created
a White Lead powder.
Prolonged contact with one's
skin will begin to absorb the
powder and cause severe pain
in the back and kidneys.
Brell save the poor dwarf who
suffers from this malady thus
ending his days of mining and
enjoying good Dwarven Ale.

LEAD PEROXIDE

This lead powder was
discovered by a fortunate
accident. While experimenting
with LEAD SULPHIDES I spilled
a bit of my favorite dwarven
brew, the TUMPY TONIC into my
mortar and pestle. Much to my
surprise the result was a
yellow lead that is absorbed
through the flesh and attacks
the bloodstream much quicker
than other forms of lead. The
results of contact with this
toxin are severe head pains
and nervous agitation.

IRON SULPHIDE

While visiting a gnomish
acquaintance of mine dabbling
in the same field of research
I was shown a marvelous ore
indigenous to the Steamfont
Mountains called Brimstone.
By combining some BRIMSTONE
with two SMALL PIECES OF ORE
I discovered a substance that
if inhaled will deaden the
sense of smell. If ingested
or introduced into the blood
stream iron sulphide causes
extreme body-wide pain that
has been described as feeling
as if your very blood is on
fire.

QUICKSILVER

Of all the metals I have come
across in my studies the
liquid metal Quicksilver is
the most toxic. Strangely
the Kobolds were the first to
begin using Quicksilver by
ingesting Cinnabar, the ore
that Quicksilver is found in.
The beasts believe that it
is a cure for disease and
fungal infections. In order
to extract Quicksilver from
the ore the CINNABAR must be
ground in a mortar and pestle
then distilled. The most
effective way I have found of
distilling the cinnabar is
soaking it in GNOMISH SPIRITS.
The result is a dense silvery
liquid metal that corrodes
organic materials, including
flesh and internal organs.