The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-08-15
Paris Green.

Manufacturers of this poisonous ar
ticle which is being used to destroy
cotton worms, have furnished the fol-
lowing cautiOnary measures to be OBJ
served by those experimenting with
paris green:
AS the handling and using of dry
Paris green, especially by persons I'M
accustomed to its use, is attended with
considerable risk and often followed by
serious consequences, we make the fol-
lowing suggestions founded on our ex-
perienCe as manufacturers
Preventive PrecNutiOnS.-Allpa packages,
whether large or small, should be
plainly marked poison.
There is great danger in the mixing
of this green for potato bug and cotton
worm poison, owing to the fine dust
which arises in the process, which is
the pores Of the skin, especially if the
person using it should be in a state of
perspiratiOn. To guard against this,
the hands and face particularly the
nOstlils) should be protected as much
as possible, and should be carefully
washed after working in it, or in any
OF the preparations of which it is an in
gredlent. AS it penetrates and pOlsOns
wood, gets into the seams and Creviccs
OF articles made of metal, and even into
earthenware that is at all porous, all
household utensils, or anything in
barn or stable (Which cattle or horses
should have access toy in which the ar
| ticle may have been mixed, or from
which it has been used, should be care
fully set aside, and never again used
for any other purpose.
Malignant sores are not unfrequently
caused by scratching the skin when
itching, or irritated, from handling the
green. It should be constantly borne
in mind that it is q more dangerous or
deadly poison than arsenic, and farmers,
| planters and others when purchasing
should be duly cautioned to exercise
| the utmost care in using it.
| CuWe.-The free use of milk as bev-
erage is recommended, but we have
| simple, harmless remedy the best an
tidote. Sores caused by the green
| should be well covered with it, as with
an ordinary salve, and a tea spoonful in
a wine glass of water should be taken
twice a. day, internally, whilst working
with the green. The remedy can be
obtained from any druggist or chemist
but we give the following recipe fOl
making it: Take
2 parts commercial nitric acid or aqua
fortis.
1 part water-to which add slowly
stirring occasionally
8parts copperas (sulphate Of irOn)
and when dissolved,
Add water ten times the bulk of the
whole.
| To this solution add aqua ammonia
gradually, and stirring in, as long as {
precipitate of a dark red brown Gron rus
cOlOr) is formed. This precipitate mus
then be filtered, and washed two O
three times to remove the sulphate Of
ammonia. This leaves the hydrate(
peroxide of iron (or antidote for Pari
green and arsenic) which, when takel
internally, combines with any Pari
green that may be in the stomach, form
!; ing an arseniate of iron, which is in
soluble and passes from the system il
the natural course.
To be effective the hydrated per- Oxid
Of.irOn must be kept in closely cOrket
bottles, and excluded as much as pos
sible from light and air.
The consumption of Paris green ha
vastly increased within few years, ant
the article is now applied to such
variety OF purposes, that carelessness il
its use, or ignorance of its highly dan
gerOus properties on the part of thos
who use it, cannot fail to produce th
most deplorable results. In view G
this, we feel impelled in the interests Q
humanity to issue this circular, and be
! that you will aid us in the work by Civ
| ing it the widest possible circulation.