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Title: Why is lead poisoning called saturnism?
Post by: HerpicH on 01/10/2016 02:10:25

I know that lead was used in ancient Rome to make the wine sweeter, and I know one of the roman gods was called Saturn, but I can't see a relationship between Saturn and lead. Can someone explain?

Title: Re: Why is lead poisoning called saturnism?
Post by: RD on 01/10/2016 03:40:25

It's an alchemy (http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Alchemy) thing ... https://www.google.com/search?q=Saturn+alchemy+symbol+lead