, 1879-01-11

com posed OF some UI tie best clltnAlt OF Paris.
No plystcian could pracitco who had not ocen
examined and approved by u "Dnard" COIN
posed Of sornc Of the best physicians Of Paris.
Deadly potsons could only b sold By persons Of
good character, licensed b. the pnlicc authora-
ties to sell them. They were required to be
kept under lock- ana key, aod the key kept IN the
personal possession Of the person licensed 10
sell, and every sale wos required to be regis
tered, and tho rcRtttsy preserved twenty
ycars for tIe inspection OF the police. These
and hundred other regulations to prevent tho
improper sale OF poisonous, dangerous, and 45nl-
terated articles, and TO protect publie health,
were, ~ was informed, n1oet vigorously and cf-
nctcntly enforced. Perhaps no stronger evidence
Of the comparative freedom In this co,,utry can
hs adducetl than that mtflons OF dul!ars' worth
of quack medicines, which no respectable pl,ysl-
clan would prescsIbe, are Widely sold: that most
dangerous po!sons. can bo bought At hundreds
Of places In any OF our large cities without re-
strtctton: and that IL wAa shown TO CoMutku.
Of THO Massachusetts Legislature in February,
1873, that moro thau 800 Ignorant aud unea.
l,catcd persons we're practlcing medicine III
tat ss T. t9 Gf q ostoa san .as t
walls Of hnttses Ut tf.fcpute. tAdperti.er, F.ib.
2, 1s7s.] But these arc only lew Of thu etl-
fcnrca that may ho easily ntiduced to shpw
thu perfect freedom which prevails In this cotr-
stance. Ohe Of the most eminent cllenitis q,
Massachusetts tells me that almost csery class
OF articles now sold in thl: country for food 10
moro or lcss ataltcrated. and that maly Of
thcho ndnitcratlons arc extremely potsenouS.
tIlaYcs, Bowdttc'f.l For INSTANCE, caycnue pep
aer Is ululteratcd with rrd lead. mustarl with
vinegar wtth sulrhar'c .eid. arsenic will corro-
stye sublitnats. 1t Il stated in tho !slae,.&1c
Atneriru that probably. half the yinedar uow
:o1a tn our cittss is rink poison. liIottatnan,
yxei .wciye @ PACKAGES af psiet. 'is PIT Up ''s Gy
tmcIye different wholesale deaf1rs, aai
,onnd hss IF oS II f. ,eot 81 en
pickles md fund cuppcr In all of th.an. Many
t,f our flavoring oils, Eirups, jcltlts, and pro-
served fruits contain polsonr. The adultera-
iro is not onlY .adulteratcd, but a patent ha.
been taken ont for mujdlng chiekVry Into The
furm Of cofleo berries, an1 atm telA tint clay
ts now nodded, AND perhaps qascrcd With al,
lata arc atluttesated with various mineral sub
atnnccs.
Several mills ip New England, and probably
many elsewhere, arc no" engaged in erlntluE
atinltcrat!on. At so1nu of the.o mills they
and -four grade, INorth Adaa'ts c. v. Elliot,
IN ono town Of Massachusetts. II cells
for about hall cent po,lnd. Flour has
been adultcratcd IN Englaua, atd probably here,
chalk, and other articles. I am told that larea
quantities Of damaged aud unwholcsome grain
are gron,'d 70 with flour, particularly with that
kind called atal'am dour: Ire detect aduitera;,
Certainly hundreds, aud probably thousands, OF
burrels Ut " terra alba" Or wlltc cartt arc sold
IN or cities cvcry rear TO be mixed with s1gars
tn confectionery and other white substances. l
$a1A Ht .hpRks
to produce stouc. kidney complaints, md yari-
Qua dlscascso VI the stomach. 4 Boston chemist
tells mo that be tas found rs per cent OF "tcrra
ea e what W.. so a. o sas,as ss
grades Of cream <of tartar. A Boston chemist
RECENTLY analyzcd II satnp!u Of tue best grade
qad 'ast: fouG , g Sc Of . ,ss atsa IT, that
sccttonsry contains 81 pr ecnt Of mora ot
sierra alba." lsIlcIdon.I The coIoripg snnttcr
Of confectionery frequently contains lead, mcr-
erury,, :ssrni., and eopner., lMas.arhusetts
! ders arc widcly sold wllch contnin large per-
| ccntaya Of sierra alba" and aluu,, baltimore
Attcs, Noy II, 1871, iron. Sefeattte -4'nerieaa.l
t!rians, appo'ntel y the board Of licalth" Of
Boston, reported that over 60t,tO0 Eallons Of
watcr wcrs sold Us tnfte In that city IN that
yc.r, fur which ncariy as0o,0qO In nlol,ry wus
likely to bs taken from impure streams a,,ti
bars.yard wells. and 50 to produro
| lypho!u fever anu otnar Infectious diseases
iu those who drink 1t. In ons instance thirty.
duccd IN twenty ditfrrctt 1ata.Iies by drinking
milk mixed With water taken from we'll stantl.
lnK near Z ceksp,ol. {EagtLa tha"ifa,u lieroni.
boston Journa,, Fch. x, ls1j.l Tho h1h deush-
trlbutabis TO alultesated milk. In nno ycaf, for
! ilstancu tlt,.5A wlliio there ware 4A5 deaths Vt
"cholcsa lufantusn y In suffolk County, In tho
satne ttopuluton outside thn city thcrs wcro IRIS
than I'M IkIDEaHi,ht1RNtfa Rnnrt3 u$ HRath
1t IN not water a'one that IL tuixed wilt, milk.
Thousands of gallons, and bTuoaoly hundreds
has been mixed with various aubstarccs.
! ! am told that7, after beinx drawn
iEon these vats, It. tas.es better a,nd
cctpts for the mtxture can be bought By new
iniiklncn from uld On payment Of tlu required
sum; at!! assured, upon wilat bclfcvo TO BY
so-talle1 milk have hcun, and probably are. sold
IN ttls cdty, whct. do not contain .'ile drop Of
tic genuine article. Probably this kind il prla-
cipally sold 10 thu poor.
Largo Quantities Ut tho meats of autInass,
moro ar iess dfseased, aro soldsl our markets.
Cows, III the ht9hbUrl,ool VI lasge cities, aru
1ca upol' material Which Isosluces large tow
Ut unwho'esoue Milk. Poultry ART It'd ulson
Msat* and lah arc Enatle uuxho!esosue,
frequently potsououA, by tareIess and cruel
inetl,ods OF killing. l.ohsters, travis, stc.
na..sr T. nnt GUY % manufactured ia enormous
" lnany instances frtt.t discussed knis1lAls; but
thls also 4 now stIl further a4lultusateA with IN
nrlvlu still cheaper. 1t IL estimated that during
1877 Tiers was manufactured !n this country
atnut u, ,0oo pounds Ut thta butter. It Ii
estitnutul that IN 1873 tt,ero was manufactured
not luss thsn w. 0uuUU pounds. ttis estitnsted
shAs during ls73 moru than y, ,o!o, ,oU pound. Of
chacsu va. manufactured hero from thu sao.u
ltaLtrtul. A lArxU nurttGn Ut thcsc products nrc