The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-04-19
The Color Of Death.

The third report Cf the Massachn'
sets State Board OF Health contains q
valuable article on the evil effects OF
the use Of arsenic in certain shades OF
green. Thesubject is not rev. More
than one hundred years ago the use OF
arsenic us a pigment in certain manu-
features was forbidden by law in
France. But the beauty and health
~fuiness to the eye of the color, and the
thoughtfulness or cupidity of makers
of wall paper, artificial flowers, toys,
lamp shades, confectionery and other
articles, render it necessary to warn
the public again and again OF the inju-
ry-sGmetimcs Il fatal ono-intlictcd
by its use.
It appears that arsenic, aside from
its uses in medicine and in destroying
men or vcrmin, is employed in the arts
mainly as q large ingredient OF two
green coloring pigments. Into II OF
these it enters as the arsenite Of cop
per, known popularity as Scheele's
green, and into the other Us the aceto-
arscnitc If copper, which is also called
Shwcinfurt green. The generic name
Of emerald green or mineral green IS
applied indincrcntly to either. Or
these two cOlors, the first contains fifty
live per cent, more than one-hali, OF
white arsenic; and the other in every
one hundred grains contains fiji eight
grains Of arsenic. Both pigments fur
nish the prettiest and most durable
shades of green, each costs cumpara-
lively little, and the process OF manl-
facturc does not require great skill.
Hence, in spite Of their dclotcrloua
effects, both are used.
The most frequent instances Of POI
soning by these colors have followed
the use Of green paper ilan8nSs.
Makers cf the paper, dealers IN 1t, pa
pcr-hangcrs, and even the people who
live in the roams papercd with 1t, have
often suffered under every symptom OF
poisoning by arsenic, and in some
cases have received lasting or fatal IN
Jury. In 1862, in London, four chill
dren died in succession, and II past
uD,ic,n chemical examination III the
20 a., Iost nue sbowal traces uC
on'o TLn wolfe ~ tLo room in
"L;nT ,boy l;vcG wore covered Will
"n,y' ] in which chemical tests
Nv" n~roso"rn NJ o~rsnnir-thrcc
grams to every square foot. In 1919 Il
m;ddlc-a9cd woman in Boston was
attnoLoJ with thc wcll-llnowu symr-
a'''o"DF "n,n,,fo ,.oisnn;nr and pI-
.pl''' ,i;f" ,yoa savnI hy rcmGviro
T th,'b" rat hcr b"oItb vas hernia,
VI, T"f,l, Iu GncL casea m;ght he
'o,I,lS i"J' aIu',.t imJoGnitnIv frnm tho
niu'y,p,, w nhrs;c;ans
w." s nnn tL;s enbioct excited
'oii' SIIa II n,sa;nn nHJ orsnnicoI
coi''i'I'" ~, L,n"nn," nmf,.LinnoLI"
Papel,n' nn r. ovnrv nnn who
~ ""n'" 10 "In aoon' wniI rano,
WISHES ~ IVY "''uh f'i,. t"p~
"o''',' SUR. ~ Tnro G.,nnIort IS
nc o''o'i'''"' T,',i = ;n4nn an1ntian ~
'l' p'p''f "'V l"u Luz ,n0s"nt tLa
"" ,,';u o,snm,n - LIuish color I'm
li'l'''' WI, "7Hui't inaJ non,
rtsr IL ls'.ho' a.an i,aI snintinn NV
''t''o ~ 'nu nf a;lnor AMI o]rsnr;n
cryS'''S " NV, "'I i %u ioau;nn
II preSo''' WI, '"o" rLo n,a "a
yel'ow" o'lo'l' W. rinn III ",,",itias
arsenic - n9c,' ~ J'o"5 y, fhhn aost
OF paper ron I',o oiio IKE +o,t Wv vii, no
lieSt' It N"owieusr ", ""m o,ho IoaIor
u service ~ o'''S ''''
Or CUSTOMER :.. 90 r,or han,
IL Is oi SOM ,'ariIoy w. =, oTootaI
we P~o,1o'n'S |,"nJII1 i'"nnt ,h, no;som
"t"i'tf S.ao w." soma Kind If ,Iccnmnn.
was SeV lreI y? oo' ah Itn ~, as dos
ni,loh' h'lu ,I' :, h"n,,uor tIi"t
me i'lotei'l 'h'o'J =" ,Lo nn"r
tno po'St.i 'aJ,pu' - tLo fnrm ~
ihVo inc avnl'slh' ,,ano1 30. nv,
9ll'.' nloclia'i.G',,y "a' VIII w. iorr;nSg
"o''l'h W. "'p""o M ,Jnoi ~ . ronrn
'nein III NY 9"s. danoroI with nonnr
"'loSt vans WHY 1.-Two s,I,rittoj
coi'l'iilS "'sI,lo' ~ ' tantp ia an;J ~
10 Il oe',c,te I',u,a,;r' ot 'oIIJ tracns "
nave eAn.'i'''
'hr poiSon' :, oo1or;,o wall
buI ~ - np' ''no riTmorta
paper 'l''' C s''uSo Pn",u nosry nrn''
are uac". 'ii nniay, VIII thnm
in1i'I' "t ttat so"n ind their wav to
aninrs frr,ioh an illustration. One of
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