The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-05-04
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several letters from people who come
/ plain about the sale Of arsenic waters
i TO unwary young women who want to
beantify their complications One moth.
er In Harlem wrote that her daughter
had been using the WATERS without her
knowledge. and she feared that If ths
waters contained as much arsenic as
their makers claimed they must be
| strongly impregnated with poison. She
also raised the point that il the wafera
contained no poison the manufactures
was an impostor DR. Cyrus EdsoH
analysed the articles aud fonnd luk
slight traces of the poison Ia them.
The principal danger from the waters.
| it ii said. il that those who Hse them
think that it Is not dangerous to eat
arsenic, and are thus tempted to fry :
cheap solution OF the poison Death
l. likely to result from the slightest
overdose
DIR. William A. Ha nmond talked
freely the other day about arsenic
he regarded arsenic-eaters In the
| same light as cocaine-eaters that il.
he had yet to see one. 1T IS not >
nabit in this uitry. said D.. H M
nlond. Though arsenic is often pre-
| scribed. We often have TO use large
| quantities Of bromides for curing
epilepsy or other troubles of the nerv-
Gus system. and one effect is TO pro-
iluce pimples. especially on the face
| Arsenic is used conjointIy with the
bromides TO prevent these pimpIes
| and also 20 cure them. Bnf / Would
no more think Of allowing women to
use arsenic at their own sweet win
than cocaine or anF other active
agent. Arsenic Is useful In dapravea
states of the system. such as a4e pro-
duced from malaria. and pllY sicians
constantly prescribe il in these eases
/ have never known OF heard Of a case
in which it was taken 10
produce exhiiarating effects such
as opium causes. any more tliHn
have heard OF eoc4ine nsed
for such purposes Arsenic is poison
Gus in small doses. and consequently
differs from cocaine. In medicine It il
generally usel as arsenious acid. Two
| and half grains killed healthy. ro-
bust girl of nineteen years In thirty
six hours Under eireumss sances fayor-
grains will kill an adult The doses
used in medicine vary from one-fifiieth
to one-twentieth of q grain These
arsenic waters contain much less than
that and consequently have no effect
They. therefore. are fraud. and the
man who makes them ought TO be arr
rested. The .yrian peasants use ar
senic-the men to improve their viHI
so they can climb mountains more easi-
" and the women to improve their
complications They have been known
to take six grains in one daF. They
begin By taking ex remedy small deses
Arsenic has no effect on horse. La
one instance horse took $50 grains
without any result =
Another doctor said it was imp0s-
sible TO estimate the number or arsenic
eaters in this city. because they are )
class that do not often come under q
physicians observation Yet. said
he. .sthe number is large. though ron
can not say that it is growing. The
population of this ei y is increasing.
whereas they are simply maintaining
their proportion That is about the
case with the arsenic-eaters; they ara
keeping up their proportion Of the
other IDIOTS. Some actors. low class
of women. and even some members of
the best society eat ar<enie or use it in
some form TO improve their complex
ions 1t gives them certain pailor
that they consider desirable. They
begin by taking small doses. and grad
ually work up TO large amount.
and then when they think it Is time to
leave of they gradually lessen the
dose-or. rather. they try to. for the
habit, once formed. Is extremely diff
cult to abandon. Those who take ar
senic say that it has pleasant effect.
though not like opium. morphine or
hashish. and the system demands for
It are not so Imperative as in The case
Of either of these drugs. / have seen
arsenic-eaters shut mp in prison who
lid not complain as bitterly as the
morphine or opium users would have
lone under the circumstances.
The reporter visited a number cf
East SIDE drug stores and talked With
she proprietors about their experiassee
with arsenie-eaters One druggist in
ten by fifteen shop said that his ar
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one class of societys they embraced
people in all walks Of life. though al
most all were women 1--WE don't wssats
to sell ii. said he. s.and won sell it
without a prescription; but they viii
have it just now there is q demand
for these waters and we have TO pat
them on the counter. There IS not
enough arsenic in them to hurt any
body. but people ask for them. and il
you don't have them they say: Oh.
well. We can get them at another
store We have perhaps twenty Gus
toners here every week who are
habitual arsenic-eaters. They begin
using it to improve their compilations.
but once acquired the habit is hard 70
break off.
I'VE dom sell it without subscrip-
ton, and the lodges that some of these
people play make me weary. There is
one fashionable woman who drives
down here once in awhile for the stuff.
and always has some new excuse TO
offer for asking for it I have to ask
her name and the use she intends to
put the stuff to. and then record all in
my poison book ~ Y Tri6s4ns-