Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-03-04
Raw sug.r-lts Impurities.


THE following article written for the DAILY Con-
xxnclAL was read on Monday evening before the
Friends Social Lyceum by Ferris Brnghurs Of this
,. p..'.'es' Chemist wno S,s .a's'y
.
A few months since the attention OF the
writer was called TO an extract from paper
on the "Acarus sacchari." or Sugar Insect.
by Robert Niccol. ESQ. of Greenock, Scot
land the reading of which excited the wri-
ter's interest in the matter and induced him
to Obtain yarious samnles of raw and refined
sugars from our procers. and subject them tn
microscopical examination tho results Of
which NAV mt n. without ;ntarest m Tho
public.
The refined sugars of even the lowest
grades. when mixed with water. made clear
aolut;ons of nIeasant od,r containing ,;,,,a
mr. mn sorc;on ma,,er SAVE a very f.w voodv
and other fibres der;ved from tho harreI ~
tho d,s, or The shor while N. yo,o s,,gar,
m nd. oo,r,;ors son,owho, onooro w;,h 40
c,ded odor of fermentation and containing
considerable ,.r,iono ~ ooro s,or,,,, .nS
album;nops m,,,.r and .rss,er ~ ,oso
number or "a car, !. ,r e,nar Ins.o,,
The C,ha sucars seemed tho most boun,,-
r,,l,, or,,,;ed with tbes. ;rsec,s and tho
vr;,or ,s,,;n, tom rro;ns hv wo;oh, rr,r, ,no
..a,,,,. n,;v;,n ,,;,,, ,oo,roonc,,, 30 .,..r
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,ar H., ,,;na c,a ha,r FIJI, ~ o,o.r
,sa,or wnon tho ..Aoar; - ho;na o;r.hra.,,,;na
sr;m,,. vii, rise IN tho surface loolina
l;ke snecks of dpst and be;no vigorous swim
mora tbe mo,;ons of the living NAV I'm seen
NV close observance under a pood lipht with
the naked eve.
The ..Acarus sacchari' mr. susar Insect Ia
a very minute animal. having an oval body
about thirteen thousandths of an inch long
and eight .thousandths of an inch broad
eight legs with hooked feet and long pro-
boscis, terminating in kind of scissors with
which it seizes upon its food.
It ia closely allied to the "Acarus Scabiei''
or Itch Insect, and like it has burrowing
propensities, producing what is known as
the "Grocers Itch," which is mostly confin-
ed to the backs of the hands and wrists.
The animal enters the skin and at once
begins to breed there, forming watery pus-
tules accompanied by an excessive itching
sensation. The patient naturally scratches
The affected parts when the pustules mostly
become more or less inHamcd and encrusted
with scabs.
The new ANIMALS if not destroyed soon
spread to other parts of the body or to 9th.
er pcrsons. thus communicating the disease
| as in the case of ordinary itch.
The two hast known remedies for ,be dis.
| case are sulnbur and Carbolic Acid. either n,
which DESTROYS the insect, and its effects
soon disappear.
The writer has observed greatly increas
ed demand for and sale of itch ointments
since the first year of the rebellion. and at.
tributed the spread of it partly to the ac
cumulation of large masses of men in the
field without home comforts and cleanliness
and necessarily deprived of the accustomed
change of clothing, and partly to the vastly
increased circulation of paper money, but
now also looks upon the extensive use o.
ra,U sugar as prolific source of the disease
If grocers are affected by handling raw
srror tho nos.;ls,itv of i,s introductjon ;ntf
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