The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-10-17

a writer in Chambers journal gives
tho following information concerning
a fearful habit that appears to be
growing in various parts ci the
country:
IL mus mo-, however bo supposed
that any ono takes 70 hedr!, aIe ar
senic eating, quite openly, on the
contrary, u Is generally begun in
aecrgt and 40 tne Increase OF the moon,
and In some villages with supersu
ilouS obseryanCes. A very small dose
is ct FIRST taken OncB Il Week-hresG
and butter is tho tavorite medium
then twice week, and SO on until,
When the individual arrives az dOss
dally, the dOso itself 10 increased
TIL rs much DO taken as in ordinary
circumstances would kill Two Or three
individuals, But il mus. not 10 uu-
ders,ood shat those people can con
sumo The drug altogether with impu.
nity, When they hrst begin WIN
their very small doses they arc selz d
with nausea and burning pains Ia tie
mouth, throat and stomach, and prob.
aCly very much more uncomfortable
than d boy who has tnken his first eli.
gar. Bus one popularity Of arsenic
eating ia this, thg6 when man has
once begun TO indulge in II he must
continue 90 iUuulge; tor il he ceases
the arsenic in hin system poisons
him; or, Ns 10 il pOpu-
larry expressed, the last dose kills
him. Indeed, tho arsenic cater must
not only continue mis- indulgence; no
must also increase the quantity Of the
drug, so that it is extremely difficult
20 sop thc habit; Tor, as sudden CesgG-
ton causes death, the gradual cessa-
tiOn produces such . terrible heart
gnawlus that it may probably be said
that 10 genuine arsenic eaJ0r ever
ceased to CAT arsenic while l!t listed,
IL is curious that while, on tbs one
hand, tQ3 human organism Is so re.
markably sensitive 10 arsenic, man
may, on the other bGnd, indulge in
these poisonous doses iOr years, Skis
is PROBABLY owing 10 inc fact thnt
arsenic Gets on tho gki0, ana thus Is
being constantly carried Cut of
the system, and also because it is
readily eliminated by Uhe tldnsys,
Now his prevents any accumule ion
going on in the tlssUes, and thus what
might seem slmJst mythical is ct
least brought within the rsugs of pos
siDility. IL has beea calculated chat
tins process OF elimination has 10 he
carried on for Ii days bafOro given
dose is entirely removed. Bugyet the
TACT remaius that these Austrian poas-
ants can swallow arsenic 10 Gn extent
ana with an impuuity unprecedented
Ia the annals Of toXicology, For tie
solution Of the probl0m We NAV ofler
tho following considerations: First Of
all, the human organism may be-
come accustomed 10 most II not ali
yoisous, II they arc administered at
first In exceedingly small doses; and
IL this Wry poison, as is well known,
moy become "taithridgt5n 10 t,elf,
Secondly, though the human organ
ism 10 extremely ggu1i4ve % arsenic,
yet some constitutions may be Ie5s SO
than o.her5; thus, for instance, Tho
arsenic caters OF Syrie are all If them
robust mountainous, whose forefgth.
ems have eagep arsenic from gsuera.
ton TO generation, so that, 0s NAV DO
supposed eGcn generation has bsCome
moro arse0tc-psOuf than
the one bstora It.
Ihrdiy, like most mOuntSiueers,
tho Styrians consume large quantities.
OF butter and milk, as wen rs other
food rich in fats, when this ol!v mat.
TERN 10 certain extent unto with the
arsenic, forming an arsenicsl SOAP,
which does not so readily enter into
the BLOOD 20 that She total arcouns oil
arsenic actually asslmilstad is proper
tionally ANAL. From this we 200 tbat
II tho Siyrisn partakes OF an snusual
amount OK this deadly dru hs 80 nc
lhesame time not only legs sUsesptible
to us influence by hlg h0Ter'tary de-
scent aud his habits. bg5 hi bod sup
plies him with some sort OF an anti.
dotO,