This all reminds me of a person that I knew who went blind and paralyzed on one side .... t he one time he didn't inspect the still the man used an old used radiator as the condensor ... and he got lead poisoning from the antifreeze and motor metals that had been in suspension and traveled through the radiatior.
I watched as the lead worked out of his system and slowly he became able to use his paralyzed side. You could see it in his fingernails and hair ...
Finally, after months of rehab, he was (miraculously) totally recovered.
I asked him if he was ever going to drink moonshine again .... but his answer startled me .....
'Hell yes!' He replied, 'But next time I'm gonna look at the still first!'