The Red Cloud chief., 1889-02-01

Selected-used only in those for Whic'
it is eminently an appropriate remed
much injury is likely to result sOOne
or later. People must disabuss them
selves Of tho idea, which l. 50 CON
mon. that arsenic in ninuts d0saa j
always a tonic which can safely b.
taken whenever something OF the sor
is needed. There never was q greater
mistake made. ror one likely e work
injury. Take at random q hundred
people VINO naed q tonic. and it IL saft
to say that by scarcely one out Of tha'
number a arsenic. even in small doses
be borne without neal or remote injury
This fact, which can not be disputed
shows that this powerful poison is safe
only in the hands Of a thorough physi
clan. and no under any condition
should ever take it except when dull,
prescribed. As for the external use o
arsenic, it is used much less now thar
formerly. At one time It was otter
employed rs a caustic in destructive
skin affections, such Is ANGER slough
ing ulcers. etc. When applied as /,
paste. certain portions OF the skin. the
liberated as well as some of the
healthy. are destroyed. After being Oh
from three to Eve days. the part o
cred by the arsenic appears as though
small pieces had been hacked out Of
it. but between the small openings are
little points OF healthy skin which have
remained unaffected. The ~arsenical
paste is the application in common use
by medical charlatans who pretend to
have An infallible cure. Considering
the peculiar wound which it leaves
after being applied to a cancer. the
~pretcnsiOn that the disease has been
''drawn out BY the roots" is easy Cor
the ignorant to believe.
AdiscussiOn Of arsenic would scarcely
be complete without an allusiOn to its
extensive use in trades. On this sub
ject q correspondent to the Druggists
Circular has recently commented. He
stated that some few months ago he
examined for a large firm of household
furnishers. as we'll as for
private individuals. . number Of SAM
Piles Of the fashionable Limitation In
dian muslins" and cretOnnes. More
than one hundred samples were exam.
ined. and twenty-three per cent. OF
these were found TO contain arsenic ia
quantities. The .colors in
which arsenic wore principally present.
were the terra-cOtta reds and the green
ish browns. As a result OF experiments
vas concluded that under ordinary
there was no danger OF
poisoning from these goods.
But. a v the writer referred to. in
two cases samples Of these materials
we're brought to me by medical, men. III
which we'll marked symptoms Of arsen-
ical poisoning were ascribed to their
use. In one case, some six or eight
work girls employed in making up
sOme of this material were all taken
i'll with the same symptoms of arsenical
Of course, IN such cases
material. when pressed with hot
is heated far beyond blood heat.
and minute particles are detached and
ioat in the air Of the wOrk-roOm. That
The arsenic IS held very loosely by the
was evidenced by dipping some
the fabric in water: plenty Of the
arsenic was at One taken up by the
II would seem ut first as if
his might be due to arsenic having !
used as a preventative for the
'ize Or starch present as '~'stiffening:"
then these muslins have NO stifTen-
ng. / found my infant playing. lately.
With a small glazed cardboard box Of /. !
green color that had once contained |
and that had been OBJ
.ained from one of the automatic |
boxes. After the manner OF in.
he was occasionally sucking this.
Dut of curiosity l tested 1t. and found
hat the surface paper" measuring
i've inches by one and three-fourths.
n tenth Of q grain of white
In all these cases the guam
.ity Of arsenic found Is small. and it
nay be. under ordinary circumstances.
harmless; but in all cases its
presence is quite unnecessary. Other
materials could equally well
~ used in which there is no possible
ingredient emitting articles
n which its occurrence has been purely
arsenic has been found OF
ate years 70 be present in some
of muslins. cretOnnes. wall
playing cards. the glaze Of
ONE euameled stew pans. the paper Of
ancy boxes and in some furs. These
asst are usually the furs prepared by
amateurs. So that We may picture an
nfant placed by IN unfortunate con-
urrence or circumstances IN . room
with arsenical paper. having
b cot draped with muslin or cretonnes.
on food prepared in a glazed
aucepan. itself covered by . rug and
with some fancy box Of sweets
toys. all Of these containing
but unnecessary amount Of A.
enic. One has NO wish TO b an alarm
t. or in any way to harnss trade. and
must be freely acknowledged that
ases Of any i'll results whatever being
raced to the use Of these articles arc
cry rare. None the less. seeing how
Unnecessary they are. and how each
ear arsenic seems to be A.ding it way
ato new quarters. It seems advisable
D stop it, further progress. This can
nly be done By prohibiting by Law. rs