Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-06-26

lead, and drink water impresnated with it, are
quite subject toits poisonous Effects Cows
and horses passured near lead mines, and
drinking. the water. are often poisoned !; this
Is conclusive evidence even to the most thought-
less. 81 81 N
DR.. Dana has traced several cases Of violent
gripping and pursing to the metallic faucets Of
cider barrels wooden ones only are proper
The red earthenware is glazed with red lead,
and is acted on by all acid substances, such as
pickles in vinegar, acid fruits and even by oils.
The dry cholic, or cholera, as it is called in
the newspapers, which often detail such won
ders as new diseases, may be traced to false
economy. or ignorance in using this pernicious
ware. Vessels lined with porcela should al
ways be used. Newly painted rooms have
been known to cause violent gripings and
diarrh9a An immense number of cases are
on record and others are daily occurring,
wherein persons have been poisoned by drink
ing water from leaden cisterns, pipes, and
newly painted roofs the books and newspa-
pers are full of them.
According to an immutable law of nature,
the lean is oxydzed land carbonated by the
oxygen and earbonc acid of the air, and then
dissolved in the water by its frequent excess Of
carbonic acid. The effect Of this has been to
inrodnce entire class of new diseases
amongst us. us there physician of any OBJ
servation or experience in this city who does
NOT find frpou cases IF soxv in est;p n Mains
jaundice, indigestion &C., to which in his ear
lier practice he was unaccustomed, and which
he cannot trace to any hitherto acknowledged
cause, and which, moreover, do not admit of
removal by his usual remedies =
| The Croton pipes have been found by chem
ical tests repeatedly made, to give off lead to
the water in quantities sufficient to produce
the most direful evils These pipes are con-
stantly corroding, and bursting in consequence
all over the city. Lead should never have
been used for service pipe. To talk of timing
lead pipe is nonsense; it proved failure long
since.
Fortunately for humanity, the resources of
science and our country. have given us the
means of banishing the cause of so much evil.
1t has been found that zinc will answer every
purpose of the white lead of painters, and al
most every other purpose of metallic lead for
roofs. water tanks, sc. The editor has exam
ined number Of rooms painted with this ma
teral and believes it to be greatly superior in
durability, and utterly destitute of all pernic-
ious properties. Nothing, he says. can pre-
sent a more delicate appearance than parlors
and halls painted with the various shades Of
zinc. Its vast abundance in New Jersey will
fill all demands for its more extensive USE
Specimens of this paint and the metallic zinc,
may be seen at the Office of the New Jersey
Zinc Company, 81 Liberty street. There has
been much doubt OF its applicability TO the for
nation of water pipes. but recently short
lengths have been made and it is highly prob
able tina: the difficulty in the machinery will
soon be overcome, to increase the length
to any desirable extent. Meanwhile, however,
we have substitute of the greatest excellence,
the only possible objection to which is, that
the material is not the product of our own
country.
Pure block tin pipe, which it has been hith-
erto supposed impossible to make, is now man.
uiactured of the most admirable qualify, and
very nearly as cheap as lead. The firm Of
Leroy & Co., are the only manufacturers of
this article in this country. DIR. Chiffon, the
eminent analytical chemist, of this city, who
proved the poisonous property of the Croton
waller after resting for a few DAYS in lead nine
has introduced the article of Leroy s. Co., into
his chemical works, and pronounces it abso-
lutely pure. The Common Council of Boston
have also adopted it for service pipe, from the
mains to the houses, as it IS SO far under their
control in that CITY," CT II.