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Why is lead poisoning called saturnism?
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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?
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It's an
alchemy
thing ...
https://www.google.com/search?q=Saturn+alchemy+symbol+lead
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