The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1879-12-11
Poisonous Observation-Disclosures

In commenting upon an address read
! before the Social Science Association,
at Syracuse. n. Y, by Mr.. George T..
Angel, recently, the Cincinnati COM
mcrciat editorially says: 1t would nat
urally be supposed that if . pure article
could anywhere be found, it would be
in the matter of drugs. Net Mr.. Angel
says he was informed by anlomimeht doc
tot Of Boston that SO abomiuabIa are
the authorizations of drugs in this coun-
try that often the medicine a physician
| orders for n patient in extreme danger
possesses only Il quarter the strength Ii
should have, because of its authorizations
and in consequence the patient dies, 4
wholesale drug dealer of Boston stated
that the authorizations Of drugs was now
SO great that it was almost impossible
TO make 4 living by the sale of honest
goods.
Thousands of tons of the meats of dis
eascd animals, he said, are annually sold
in our markets, the detection of which,
after they are dressed, is almost impos-
siblc.
If the statements Mr.. Angel makes
In regard to arsenic are true, 1t is sur
brisihg that the known cases of arsenic
poisoning are not more frequent. Dur
Ing the year ending June 20, 1875.
G,327. I42 pounds of arsenic were inl-
ported into this county, each pound of
which contained enough poison to kill
$500 persons.
1t is sold in Il markets ut a whole
sale price of two cents per pound, and is
used in wall papers, paper curtains,
lamp shades, boxes, wrapping papers for
confectionery, tickets, cards, kindergar-
ten papers, artificial flowers, dried graz
SEES, eye-shades, ladies' dress goods, wells,
sewing silks, threads, stockings, gents
underwear, socks, gloves, hat Innings,
boot and shoe Innings, paper collars,
baby carriages, children's toys, colored
enameled clothes, wool, silk, cotton and
leather goods, and in toilet powders and
candles. The case of q child in Troy,
n. Y, was cited who died in commissions
by taking arsenic from n veil thrown
over its crib to keep off the flies. The
largest use of arsenic is in the prepare
tion of our wall papers. The poisonous
papers are of all colors and prices.
There can be no doubt, Mr.. Angel says,
that thousands of people in this country
are now suffering, and many have died
from the effects of ~arseuical wall papers.
Lead poison is likely to become as no
torious as arsenic. Hundreds of thous-
ands of people are now suffering from
lead poison taken from the water they
drink, But lead water-pipes are not the
worst form of lead poison. Many ves-
sells used in the kitchen are manufac-
from an alloy of tin and lead, the
the latter being used on account of its
comparative ~cheapness. The alloy is
acted upon by acids, and salts of
lead are thus introduced into food.
Cases are known of children having died
Of meningitis, fits and paralytic aacc-
tons caused by milk kept in such YES
sells. The learned university chemist
declared the beautiful notified ware
called "marbelizod iron-ware," which
been largely manufactured in the
form of oOtiee-pots, tea-pots, milk cans,
pans, etc, to be alive with poison.
The cheap tinware now coming into
daily use in our kitchens, our diaries.
etc, is composed largely of soluble lead,
The Journal Of Chemistry advises the use
Of sheet iron instead of the tinware
found to be SO extensively poisonous.