The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1855-07-11
ADuLTERARIoN OF Foop, Dauss. 4

ApuLrEaARIoN OF Foop, Dauss, &c.
- The following facts are condens d
from the article in the London Quarterly
Review, to which we have referred
Mustard is adul,eraled by -four for
bulk. and tumeric for colo.
Vinegar suffers double aduI,eration ; ii
is first wa,ered, aud then pungency is
given 10 II by the addition of sulphurlc
acid.
Cayenne pepper is mixed with red
lead, often in poisonous quantities.
Meat, while it remains in the cond.
ton OF joints, is exempt from the spirit
of fraud but all the diseased nea,
brougn, into the city Of London is pur
chased by the soup shops, PIE shops, and
sausage ma'sers. One shop averaged
twenty five hundred dollars per week in
purchase of diseased meats
Bread made of damaged whea, is
adulterated bv alum to destroy the sour
taste. The alum also absorbs quantity
Of Water, which the bakers sell for btead.
Green tea is mixed with prlsslan blue
and gympsum. In hundred pounds OF
tea The consumer, drink more thfn half
a pound Of poison, The practice Of re-
dying used-up leases is also carried OH
extensively.
Coffee is adul,erated with chicory.
Writing OF milk, the reviewer observes,
that the London milking. pail goes as
often to the pump as the COW.
Polsons are extensively used in paint
ing confectionery, especiaIy the arsenic
ofcopppr and chromate Of lead.
Medicines are adilterated more than
food. On this subject the reviewer says
Il we could possibly eliminate, from
the mass OF human disease, that occa-
stoned by the constant use Of deletcrious
food, we should find that it amounted IL
very considerable per centage on tie
whole, aud that one Of tie be / friends oi
the doctor would prove TO be theeadallerer.
But even our refuge fails us in the hour
OF need the tools OF the medical man,
like those ot the sappers and mines be-
fore SebastopoI. often turn ont to be
worthless. Drugs and edical comforts
are perhaps adulterated as extensively
as any other articles. To mention only
few familiar and household / ed,ciues
for instance Epson salts are adaitera,ed
with sulphate Of soda eorbonale Of soda
with sui Iphate Of soda n very injurious
Substitute. Mercury is sometimes faI>i.ird
with, lead. tin and blsmuth gentian Will
the poisonous drugs aconta and beIlAdo.
nna, rhubarb with tumeric aud gamb0ge;
canthar'des with black pepper; AMI cod
liver aud castor oils with comm N aud III.
ferior oils; whilst opium, one of the slice
anchors Of the physician, is atuIlefsel
TO the greatest extent in dozen differ
ent ways: Medical comforts arc eQuolIy
uncertain Thus potatoe flour forms fall
/ half OF the SO called arrow roots ct conl
merce; sago-meal is another very con-
mon ingredient ia this noulishing sub
/ stance, Out Of the filiy samples ol the 81
/ styled arroWroot DR. Hassas found twel
! ty-two aduIterated, many Of them consist
ing entiely Of potatoe Hour and sag,
meal, One half OF the common oauneai
10 t. met with are aduller4,cd with bar
! ley-meal, much less nutritious sGbstan
&C; an importau, fact. which boards o
guardians should acquaintet with Hone,
is sophisticated with .oar starch and su
gar starch. - Chicago Dem Press.
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