, 1876-09-02

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-ADULTERA,TION.
LEAD, IRON, AND TIE DOCTORS.
| IN fAe Filter n TIE Tribune.
| RocKronp, Aug. M.-I wish to notfco three
Of the points made by Mr. RossItcr In last satur.
days TRIBUNE.
!. lie says that lend sesvicc.p1pes produce q
large amount Of dyspepsia. neuralgia, various
diseases, and arc particularly destructive to in.
fanti1e lie. He Is right In this. Lead co|ic con-,
stlpation, paralysis, etc., aretnuch more frequent
| than Is generally supposed. transcrihe 4 few
fatts resulting from an investigation by conpe-
| tent persona. a man ef 20 was accustomed TO
drink watcr flowing through ~ feet Of lea.l.pfpe
! Into lcadllned ccllar-hox. When these causes
| were taken away, hc recovered. Another man
| Of 60 continued Il, suffer severe neuragic at
tacks III be was partially paralyzed. But when
he ceased drinking water conveyed through 20
Or W feet Of lead pipe, he gradually recovered.
Another man, his wife, and son-tn-law, found
themselves tor1nentcl wIti severe collie palms,
constipation, anu nausca. They used water
drawn through Head pfpu In deep cellar we'll.
The arrangement was one Of many years. ttabd.
Ing. But when a little decayet wond, falling
into the water, supplied Tho necessary carbonfc
acid cas, this poison WIS freely developed
They doubted this ut nrst; but both thclr skep-
t!cistn and their discase were removed by tatln9
the pipe away. An old farmer suffered from
cole, constipation, and, At last, partial wrlat
paralysis No lead conduit brought him his
drinking water, Ills case wns puzzle, until It
was. found that the old mans. fasorltc
drink VIVA swcetencd vinegar auh water,
and The vinegar, was '!rawn Into Ut;
remained long, enough to be poisoned. lic
ninth Of a grain Of lead has been found In
gallon OF water drawn from the scrvice-ppe Of
= private housc. Onc-forttcth Of grain has
That amount III gallon is unsafe. un Iii. point
Mr.. Kussfter Is right. l.end-puleon, dissolved In
drinking and cooklng-watcr, fs rcsponalblo Tor
rnany caacs Of wcainess rheumatism, dyspcp-
poison Is not virutent cuol1gf 10 gdve lis own
characteristic and well-dclined symptoms.
=. Mr.. !sossiter adds, "Gaivanize1 iron pipes
are equally destructive Of health and l'fc"' i.e'
lis scc. Common water, alter standing fur
thlrty-slx hours IN u galvanized Iron pipe, pre-
eents very slight traces Of zinc, only 0.nE grain
to the gallon. These traces are found u be
tion of The TWO. These substances, Ia minute
doscs, arc practically harmless. boy Of Is
can take ten grai'is Of oxide Of zinc daily for
wsess 0Stths dt Without ~ rgs ia9tn ons to to e
SYSTEM without harm. Leading invcstisa-
tors have p,"uoHMnced r, larger doses
aay @ % Throus M Galvanized % S tro,. zinc at c lp1t
ri one tes-ti,ousantlti part Of gTa!n of oxide
81 zlnc. II be received leu timcs US much, it
Of thc carbonate nj xInr is similar to that ri
t1"ses aqe 40 faint TIT Il Is eousder.i 70 bc of
, slight aervte us medicine. What then Of the
. Da3vnnizcd trnn yssss, Tie haTInlcssnc,s
I 81 tic minute solution Of " salts al zi,c,
. resulting FROM, galvanized iron. is at
thorough Investigation, American a.yl {orcirn.
Thrr t1,nciuslons sbtut lis lac inr staring md
cunyeyins watcr. Is voiced III tic reports 81 tic
sae haa ;Tn, o. deal' 1ro
WITH wnter iii for drinking nurposcs iu otle.
! resnccts. the contained zlilc sulta in soiu.
| tiotI do llot exert INV delctcyious ELECTS upon
w 4 A"R Mr. n,sstcr nunetuates hi, truths aboat
: ,cad and his tI,1ndcrs ohnut rayan,ze,l
iran viii l,orsh accusations Of lie pfyssia,,s.
vtS Medical I'm ncG: sTheY l drug. m anil IL Iuse ami ami
| Stimulate whIlc water frcc rom leatl
wou1I afford moro rciie{ ,l,a,l ali thr uostrnns
"nmhinr'I. Thr faculty n.cn, 10 haye
sS;oas It ~ns1 ",s Thy h1rnusy in
',tsnasrs nrtal,,rrJ Ir IL and nulnted them out
t. sus5taE ho;'y ~. ,,,;..l W1y st, Is r. r.
those Th.,se niuee II IL tu enl!vltci. ths Iumai
: tnfml&,i ''4> ~ n
: Ihis arra.rumcnt IL q, unwarsantcA "a It +
ecrrrc II Tr' Rnssitrr wn,ii asrsrtain tlr
i Necessary facts Ietorc wriihr. he could
n ner t,,,ue ufher imulty tham Lis fmur
{ inatiou In ge,!rralIzius invevtIvcs "Whet
/ j,nVc ,hcy inysitansi ii,or;,ehlv tiryestfyatcI
+ III. maticrfH' they haye ,lu1,e Il consturtI,
a,,i na,,sntly II, rar advanrinr stu"e of srsencc
Vn,unciin' i3ouriadats rcttc,,k,,tcr. stainaa,,
wxool m n f-w ri ihr h,i1.d. Of inycsttrntor,
into tais subject. Fruacc las yteG With Gcr
:, many, Amsrisa With England, lu thu Ecncso!.
nrnjrv NJ vt,Idv nm IN. EcaItIf,I. tr,nyevnnre ~
= watrr and nj lcal.noisontur' A'Tnc various
T. 'Itsc,.rs y lave hrrn as1rrtafurd. tlrjtnrnte.!
n thr ci,nrutrristic symuInns u,un,,ed ant. au,
= tis besi Treatment in,icatei1 Tic earnest q
+, | ni,raidnns in fhia work tfeir nntfrncc M,