, 1879-02-09

O: ls70-SIXTEEN PAGf
Medico, Journal: ait Is less generally st1"n 10
TINT the presence Of arsenic is not ..rcn
green pa.crs aloue, and show xoa 't,s, aner Of
various hucs, which may tie looked oar, on 10
very inuorcnt in their outward nppen
ance, but which / have proved ~
analysis to contain arsenic IN te,. eols!saS a3 IN
find communication the subject O. polsou ..a u;
Gus wall pape1s. The writer states: " l'u tlat -
this months Boston Journal Of Chemistry t1'It
the manufacture Of these poisonous papes If
increasing. find in the New 1orh ~ u"esG ~
April 1 that recent analysis bavo shown t!'a1
many of tue pale colors, and eYcn white, coL-
tain more arsenic than the brightest green's, III
a recent lecture before the Chemists anu ~ W
gists' Association, the lecturer stateo tIl'1! -.
sixty specimens OF different papers o. various
coors-bJue red, pink, brown, and oshcr coiu's
-analyzed by him, only ten were harmless, lns
others containing arsenic" On page lo3 OF my
s.poison scrap book" as may call it, lind tnat
the lecture referred to was delivered before ~
Manchester tEnglund) Chemists and DTusg'sts'
Association, bY Mr.. Sicbold.
now produce book OF arsenfcnl wallpapers,
fifteen inches long by niue inches broad, ~
was issued BY the Michigan State Board or
Health in September, 1874, and by order OF ue
Board placed in every important library III tnc
specimens Of poisonous Wallpapers. and OH the
cover is q specimen Of very poisonous green
glazed paper, such as Is oftenused to cover paper
boxes with. At the same time l would NOT ~
this give tie impression that othe1 shaas a.Ie
cuors of fancy papers do not contain nrsenc
also, for they aften do This book is very ant!r
entitled 't Shadows from the Wallis Of DEATH
md it can be seem ut my Office any gay o. tnls
or next week, between the hours OF l:3o anu
$50 O'Clock D. nj. 1t was prepared by Or. K, &.
Kcdzie, Professor of Chemistry i'll the Michigan
State Agricultural College, President OF tue
Michigan State Board Of Health, and Chairman
OF the Committee on PofsQns. ..
suMMING-up-
How anything or anybody, short OF Omnls-
cieuce, can know the latest OF our aduIferations
of foods LIQUORS, and Other things, and the var-
Gus articles thut are used for purposes or auul-
teration, is more than / cau comprehend Prob
ably all The chemists in THE United States never
aualyxcd one package in lCo.0o0 of any article
commonly and widely sold in this country And
IN those they do analYzc they are always liable
to be deceived BY such s,retcnses as DR.. Mott dis
covered in New York in his investigation OF
baking powders, viz, that sample cans
OF a pure article we're given away
to all dcuiers for the purpose OF icing
ana}yzed. It is only isolated cases here and
there which are ever brought to public notice.
because thus fur it has been nohody's business
to lnd out the extent to which adulterat,ots
are carried. 1t is not necessary TO SHOW that
alulterations have been practiced IN boston TO
show that precautions should oe taken against
them in boston. We have in our market
articles from all parts Of the world. II arsenic
has been put into candies in France, or red lead
into curry-powdcr IN England, or arsenic lnto
toilct-powucrs both here and in England, or
poisonous tinware is widely sold In Philadelphia
and Michigan-tl1en it is time for somebodS to
find out whether these articles are sold here
When it is shown that one-half the vinegar SOLD
In New York City Is rank poison, because, US the
Y1r. oF Lno1f
worth Of oil Of yitriol will make barrel Of 1t,
then it is time that everybody should find ont
about it here. When it is shown that out of 1SO
articles Of the spice kind analyzcd IN Canada u
were adulteratcd, and ot severa! klnus mol =
sample was found pure, aud DR.. Mott finds, in
New York City, alum in every one OF
the sixteen baking-powdcrs he analvzed
(olum being three cents pound and cream OF
tartar 80 cents1 and large Boston manuiac-
turcr Of spices, powders, grocery supoies' etc,
acknowledges that he has filled orders for the
West 1or cream OF tartar that contained terra
alba,-then it is time for us to be sure that we
urc not using the same articles IN Boston.
When We know that a well-known and reliable
chemist and physician Of this e1ty has lound
milk in one Instance adulterated with calyes'
bralps, that establishes, beyond all dispute, the
fact that the thing eau be, has been, and may be
done. When the Michigan State Board OF
Health publishes book containing seventv-hre
specimens Of poisonous wallpapers, aud puts 1t
suys that they are simply representative speci-
mems OF articles sold in every city and town OF
Michigan, and warns the peop1e ot that State
not to buy them, then it is time to inquire
Massachusetts against the use OF such papers:
When we show that last year ego
pounds Of oleomargarine butter was manu-
factured in this country, anu vast
amount OF oleomargar'ne cieese3 that these
market; that in them have been found else
where horse-fat, fat from bones, ind fat usual
ly used to made candles; that IN eminent
microscopic of New York City. says that they
are not subjected to sufficient heat to kill the
parasites that enter aud breed i'll human bodies.
and that he has reason to believe that the ref
use tat of at least one pork-packfng establish
ment In New York City is used at one OF the
oleomarsarine factories in that city, anti that ne
finds III oleomargarinc tissues Of animals and
suspicious fragments and cells, and thinks the
article dangerous Tor table use,-then it is time
to look out that none OF this New York oico-
margarine gets into Boston. When it is shown
that sugars and sirups are largely adulterated
in New York City with glucose and tin and
other adultcranss, aud that glucose is nanu1ac-
turei by process which Incorporates with it oil
OF yltrol and other dcleterlous substances; and
that il. Michigan, out Of seventeen table-slrupS
anaiyzcd, fifteen were found to be made OF
glucose; that single gallon Of one Of them
Contained III grains OF oil Of visriol and TX
oraius OF lime, then, 1t seems to me, we should
be on the lookout for these articles IN Boston.
II our sugars manufactured here are all pure, our
oleomargariue of the best, our vinegar all
frora highwincs and cider, our beers
and alcs all they purport to be, our tinwarc all
safe, our kerosene oil all legal, our baking pow
dcrs all good, our wines and spirituous liquors
all unaduItcrated or unmixed, and every one Ut
our hair restorers and wall papers free from cy-
cry dangerous ingredient, still say there is CON
stant need OF Il live, active association in this
city to keep out the poisonously adultcratcd