Quote Originally Posted by StinkoMan20X6
As for lead poisoning... that's a new one to me; I've never heard of people getting lead poisoning from a bullet. Let's put it this way, also around the 1800s, a common way to treat the STD syphilis was by injecting a lead solution up the urethra and that didn't lead to many cases of lead poisoning. *shudder*
Actually it can and did. Ivan the Great/Terrible took lead for his syphilis and it is said to be one of the reasons he was so crazy in his late years.