, 1869-06-17

Af1eMi e.EAttE9 In AustK.M and HIM.
Enrys
coe,r1o+sdt7see af tie S<m FORK Evening Ppst.
FzAsrEoR1-ox-zW-N4E,a G. msuy.l
anus1 tina ago public curiosity ' ~ cxcS;,ea
By tho Information thst large caak CONTAINING
over hundred pounds Of atgenIc had been 4tole1
from 4 goreEnment chemical mauufsrto.J u
Hungary, and, naturally enough, large increase
poisoning Va theashs b. @sa5 Would fuSs 6e sno1n
for tie esseoser, = Of lie toie1es NJ oaered b.
the authorities, but Of no Avat and the pzpbsilty
nedleai Eehtiems @ Dr. Levy. tnat III ,ne s poi.
sonons maseEtai has long been Consumed.
THIS gentleman rttates n the 4hfus Fstie rreas<,
Of flennA stos1e. soout whole eoloniea Of araenic
sdes which, the feeding Of horses WITH arsenic Is
a very common practice, both IN Austria e1d Hun
81 aisenic has doubtless iong sInce beea en- con- eon.
suEned. without producing any very alarming re
An srsen,c-1ed horse, Il Is well Known 70 ho.r--
dealers, has N appearance OF great vitality and
strength; It has good appetite; itA sEin Is
smooth and tine; froih 6oNl lram lta mouth In
TIE arsenlc u g.ren 70 It either in tie shape Of
powder stsewn among the hay os It u ted In 4
anali linen lag to the BIZ The buyer Of sacn :
and the poison be not E.sen 70 the Animal = Be-
forr, the most careful grooming md nru1ttcua
teeplng cannot prarent i, from becoming em.clat-
ed the muscles become eIact. The cJes dull! the
Joints snat{. md tn short time real skeleton
has taken the place Of the previously beautiful
horse. BY regular feeding With the arsenic, how
e7er, the antna! becomes accustoued 70 lafge
quantities OF II
Turning to hutu1n arsenlc-ea,ess Or. LEVY
says thattn syta and Boheaais, and pa-tso Of the
Hlesenge, there ARE families IN which from unae
tmmrmoftA the habit Of arsenic eating has been
tfa1saltled nom father 70 son- The people are
siwayB very silent about thcir uanis and only bY
mere acci6enr can one hecone acquainted VIVA
their perverted appetite Like the horses, the
Benic-eaters ART strong and healthy looking haYtns
| rnely blended delicate f''n, which Is free from
exempt from eruptve uL.=ases. These people
learn the habit IN ther earliest Jouth. when about
senc] measured b The eJe Is ,aiea dslly. the dose
| Is gradually Increased with the ace, and an old
afsensc-eafer VIII only feel comfortable when he
sssert that the poison keeps them spnRntiy and
healthy; that it protects them against III chronic
diseases; that they have, especially AFTER taking
! breathe freely, md have good xppeuse. PnJM,
clans VITO ere called In 10 .re1s such al9enice est
ing paitenta, Without nrst being Informed Of the
tAnat, arc Eahie to hAys unpleasant yesnlta. In.
esetlhle dosca nf nedic2ments, as antaEony, mef.
| c1lJ, and suck Ike, NAY be administered without
prDdas.aa ne oifsa ess5 ,ct,Is, Tss nsrs
from those obsefTcd with non-atsealc-eattns
! patients
na5ituai arsenic IS sia,laE 10 t6st prpdaced
BY the sudden deprivation Of opium, tobacco q
| spirits, onlJ the effect u sax more tnte1se- Tte
! person thus deprived OF bis sttnuaut become.
Melancholy, 1ll-tempefed: symptoms Of an la.es
| tnal cata11h appcar. Often Increasing IN such 4
| why that one cAn well believe he Is observing
| here Is assen{c, and II this be not glren, the IN
fortunate man goes rapidly to The grave. Some,
times The hanlt L Hcqutred under the csutlou.
treatment Of / Physician. The fayosahle tnnnenci
Of the poison upon sktn dtseasea leads to il pre-
se1.ption IN Email Quantities, which e!e tnper
cepub1y increased by the patient himself until b
| becomes aconnrued a1senic eater Such per
| son cannot be cured At once, bat mnst BE- weanet
from the dtsease as he commenced it-gradoaiiy
~ MT, ~ snd ~ epa
| In soEe parts Of the German StateA