The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-28

The results promised from ns usr icny-
ing aside the. ad,orts rm"nt flourish.
use Of arsenic in the earlier stages besides. the
name uvuws q TO hc q preparation oi nrsnnir.
Notwithstanding all this 1t is advertised ns 80 alb
sOlutcly harni So and thr propririots. in f'-
sponsc TO letters Of INJURY noout it assure
women that IL contains no arsenic On ono
or the other side thcr statements must b" un-
true. and suusihc women viii do well to- avoid
this and AL other nostrums which ar., "iirrod
for int Hrnul use 10 cleans" the 81 in" There is
risk enough III going 10 regular doctor Tor
r. i. Rcichnrlt. pharmacist. OF 4Oi Fourth
avenue. SAID 10 the reporter: or course hHNc
IN ste. X all tho leading preparations and COM
pounds ui arsrnVus ncid. tut do not SOL them
To Tom, Di"k. ana llarry--Or Julia and Jane. rs
the cNse may br-eNcclt upon The order ol q re-
sponsihle physician. | require great care here
IN the matter oi thu sal" 81 po.sons. even VIII,
OF the smallest quantities ior the most innocent
purposes. and To- persons wnom we KNOW well.
/ know perfectly that great deal OF arsnntous
acid. especially in the form of Fowler s solution,
IL constantly used in Now YORK for the purpose
OF beautiiying women = compilations. hut tncy
bring To us physicians PRECAUTIONS and we
cannot gO behind those returns IL Is the duty
Of the pharmacist. not only prescribed 10y law
Tut by his own cons cience II TX To- be- hoped. To-,
rs lar us lies in his power. prevent the use OF
lVlsohs ny persons 10 XIII tlthrr thein-
selves or other folks. But h" cannot in
wade the domain OF, the physician. lie can
not say To- ono Who presents proper
prescription: For what are you taking tins
DO you know what Will ,e the inevitable" conse-
qucucrs %. It's uscF Where u druggist soils
upon prescription. the blame. II any exists.
must rest upon the head of the physician.
Where he sells upon his own authority drugs
which he cannot but know are delcteriuus and
not for Il good use 10y the person who buys. the
moral responsibility Il his own. | do not
choose To assume it. OF late ycnrs the popular
Use ui arsenic has been growing IN this country,
both III lie internal consumption 10y women and
in what cannut but call its neiarious employ
nlont va business. rs an insthnc" ~ the lnitnr.
do you know there are people who make Il busi-
ness oi huying Ny old lounges. sofas. and up
holstrred chairs and revnnping them with now
coverings aud varnlsh so that they sell tor new
liut the old material OF the stuiiiug. the HAIR or
Wuss il often So full Of the eggs Of moths and
bugs and ether Ncrmin that in short time.
when they would hatch out. tncy would destroy
th" coverings and expose the fraud To hr on
tho sale side. thu iruoyiUr takes care 10 Kill al
such germs by SOAKING all The Old stufu. in
solution OF arsrnious acid. When tn" humidity
II quite eNHporat'd. you have ~ your recovered
l"un-e reservoir ul arsenic aust, imphpabir.
penetrating. deadly. ready To- iy about ~ any
jar or pressure Lay your head upon It and a
ilttle oI II no"t- INTO your lungs sit down upon
u anu you carry away some OF n In your cloth
inr To- distribute elsewhere. Mere changes oi
temperature" bring It out II becomes an inn
uOrtant remrnt In tho ntmofp herC of your
home. We have heard a great Gcai-auG none
to much. assure you--oi the poisonous orcrt
" arsenic cuiois On wall paper: hut lts employ
mont in the manner Of which have spoken Is
stu more deadly. And yet, 50 Tar as ! nm
aware. public attention has not yet been called
"rhen again arsenic Is used in rice powder
sneh pow lcr ~ 10 employed upon the delicate
skins ~ infants Very recently some wretehos
N lgndou were convicted and severely pun
ished Tor selling rice powder. OF which actually
% ter cent was arsenic. Some infants died
from its use and that was what brought the
crime 20 Hight. OF course IL il taken INTO deli
.gtc skin hy Absorb ton. and has uucu the same
elect us u given internally. Doubtless u Is
used in the same way here. but unhappily we
In n9i pursue such crimes ~ they do IN tile Old
And another OWL employment 81 arsenic 90.
'ur- 90 in'. II Is used 20 give the highy finished
surface tO the fine glazed leather used IN llang
air. Not iong since "a gentleman came 90 me- AMI
.sk"d what he should 10 for a violent and dis
lr'-sins eruption which had broken out over
his io.rh"Hl. iOOkcd at his hat lining. IL was
pi beautifully glazed and brilliantly, white
forehead viii ret weii.' lie lid 50, and did cet
we'll The arsenic ia tho hat leather hAl pois-
onel his skin. IL was as plain ~ pikestan.
Europe. especially ~ StyrIa. II D. said that the
men VINO work IN the arsenic mines there can
enc 81 the material IN VIII they labor hy
taking it internally. and its use Is encouraged
los the suprriniend"nts and other persons hay
M authority IN the mines, IN" crude white
arsenic looks much Ike % lump ~ porcelain.
When person there begins tab NJ II the prlc-
toe is 10 begin by licking ~ n lump. The
first day one lex is given the second. two the
iilrd. three. and soou M 10 twenty or thirty
Then they h"gin nibblng of particles. nave
SHOWN msu who had SO accustomed themselves
to . thu they took with immunity i've and even
six grams daily. They seem 10 gain flesh. ana
moment they leave II ~ they have all the symp-
toms OF arsenic poisoning. once begun. It's use
yer get io taxing il In any cons i,irrnbl. qunn,
ttir-. IL docs not seem H. nave any iint,,lnta
.n.t uunntn,n At least II dos not Nm them
wililn iour OF five years. That am sure ul.
ana haN" seen people who had used it for six.
seven, ami oven rl.nt years without any serious
Indication as yOt oi tAe bad results. which were
however. iueylt.t h.
Arsenic is NOT only used internally hy the
,adir- &C this country. al least of NrN York, but
externally a- WrIL Tur suIuuuroi II ar-rule.
nr rcd nr-rui.--' Rc,agar.' 40 u h. also called
4n oriental ircpr"h9n, rs IA great lavur ~ a
pustcs for that purpose. but iu il there j. very
utt.r II any harm. the Necessity Tor lie employ
nIrnt n 50 small"
"Mot- har-' - rotorted an old morse Jockey
on Twenty fourth street in reply 10 the report
IRIS question rs 20 thu use of Tie mineral IN
tlOcturlng up horses A. he exploded the query
me- looked H. innocent as a lamb. But with
some aim ulty retired horse sharp WAS found.
an old fellow who had been an adept in the
49,, v", ~ 1 ~ az, "r .''','a " az
age and other cquinc ills
me NE VIII liz up me animal te"th. aud
you can ntlI MS outside good deal ~ clipping
OF him, but you can lie up his splrl's ~ to