Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-07-08
Never say Dive.

chemist, Prot. G. f. Chandler of Column
bia college, to examine scientifically and
with chemical tests the various hair tom
les, washes, cosmetics and other toilet
preparations in general use, and to as
certain whether their ingredients are in
furious or dangerous to those who use
them. The report of these investiga-
tons, which the New York papers for
obvious reasons, to be found in their adj
vertising columns, declined to print, has
just been published, aud contains much
valuable information, with sharp and
peremptory warning to those who think
to renew their youth or improve the
work of their Maker, by the use of per-
nicious preparations and plausible pois-
ons everywhere offered. Prof Chandler
collected his samples from the drug and
toilet stores, of the same stock from
which other customers are supplied, and
his Investigations included some of the
most Familiarity known and generally
advertised specifics. OF sixteen differ
ent preparations for restoring, coloring
and increasing the hair, only one was
found which did not contain lead, gene
rally in the form of acetate or sugar of
lead, and most, both held it in solution
and retained it in deposit Of sediment.
Hoyt's Hiawatha hair restorative is the
only one of the sixteen which does not
contain lead, in quantities ranging from
Oil grains to 1850 grains per fluid
ounce, and this is no better, being a
strongly impregnated solution of nitrate
Of silver inthe proportion of 4.7S grains
per fluid ounce. Most of the sediments
in the bottles consist of sulphur, which
according to the directions is to be well
shaken with the fluid mixture of lead,
the intention being that the union of the
two will produce the dark .colored sui
phide of lead, or, as one of the manu-
facturers styles it, the original youth
full beauty and color" Thehuids of the
preparations are usually some sulphu-
rous compounds of ammonia, soda or
other alkali, sufficiently powerful to re-
tain the lead in solution and hardly less
powerful than the poison which they
contain. The following tabular state
ment, containing many too familiar
names, shows the comparative amount of
lead in each preparation, though Prot.
Chandler says he believes some contain
animal or vegetable poisons, for which
he made no special tests -
GRAINS OF LEAD IN ONE FLUID OUNCE
Clark's distilled restorative for the hair oil
CheVlier's life for the hair 100
Glreassian hair rejuyenator, 2TI
P?Sf iS5 s'EE9 hair restorative az
Q'Brien's hair restoree 89s
Gray's hair restorative SO
Phalons vitalia, 4So
Rings vegetable ambrosia 500
Mrs ). A. Aliens world hair restorer M
" knltteIs Indian hair toniuue 4 "a
IA vegetable Sicilian hair renewer, rs
pr. IeoRetts physiological hair regenerstor IA
Martina Y ashington hair restorative, gs5
Singers hair restorative. 1859
Probably these indisputable and con-
vincing facts will not prevent or dimin-
ish perceptibly the use of these fatal
and pernicious poisons, but their patrons
and dupes will have no reason to COM
plain nor ask for sympathy if, by-and-by
they have neither hair on their heads
nor money in their pockets.
vi lotions or washes for the complex
ion, Prof Chandler examined six of the
commonest to be found in every drug
store, and pronounces all, with the ex-
ception of Perry's moth and freckle
lotlon," entirely free from lead or other
injurious metal. Perry's lotion, howev-
er, makes up for the exemption of the |
Others, as it contains mercury, corrosive
subllmate, sulphate of zinc, lead and
blsmuth. Seven enamels for the skin
were tested, all of which contain either
carbonate Of lime, oxide of zinc, or
carbonate of lead suspended in water.
Hagan's Magnolia BALM" for which
Demas Barnes is res
ponsible, has 1851 grains of oxide of
zinc suspended in each fluid ounce: Pha-
Ions F" Snow-white enamel, ? lac. % grain
OF lead, and his Snow-white Oriental
Cream" 190.99 of the same metal. Mile
Jouvin's Eugenie's favorite" owes eff
cacy to 1902 grains of carbonate of
lead, suspended in each fluid ounce. The
lime and zinc compounds Prof Chandler
pronounces comparatively harmless, or
harmless as any other white dirt, when
olastered over theskin to close the pores
md prevent its healthy action" while
IN the other hand the enamels, COM
posed of carbonate of lead are highly
dangerous, and their use is very certain
% produce disastrous results to those
Who patronize them" The white now.
iers for the skin, Of which quite num-
yer were examined, are simple mixtures
# carbonate of lime, with white CLAW
nd French chalk, without danger ex-
ept SO far as they interfere with the
Healthy action of the skin, and very
heap and Inexpensive preparations.