Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-08-27
POISON ICE CREAM.
How Fatally Toxic, Matt Il Is Developed in
That Frgid Sweet

Hull in the Ne tic1t NelUs that tho
modern ice cream freezer, when filled
with cream, is in reality galvanic cell
or battery The cream, especially il
saline, or if mixed with fruits, eggs,
ETC., becomes the corrosive electrolyte,
and the zinc and tin, zinc and copper,
or any other two metals of the paddles
and freezer, become the positive and
negative elements of the battery. DR.
Hull has by experiment proved that
an electrical action takes place in
freezing under such circumstances,
and, if electrical action, then Of course
chemical action, resulting in the intro
duction into cream of highly poisonous
salts of copper or of zinc. The NeDs
contains alo the reports of Drs.
Mitchell aud Hvndman Of Cincinnati.
and the discussion in the Cincinnati
Academy of Medicine concerning the
terrible Shook -Herr poisoning cases
that occurred near Louisville about two
months ago. Our readers may remem-
Der that some sixty wedding guests
were poisoned, the bridegroom and
several others ia ally. The cause of
the poisoning still remains profound
mystery The editor of the Medical
NeoUs throws out the suggestion that
DR.. Hull's experiments and theory
may possibly lead to an explanation Of
the strange facts. The ingenious sug-
gestion is also made by the editor
that of two persons eating cream
from the same freezer one may be
killed by the poison in the cream and
the other unframed, by reason of the
fact that the stiff and pasty cream
would not permit thorough mixture
and dissemination Of the poison
throughout the whole mass except
after prolonged stirring iand mixing
DIR. Hull's theory presupposes that the
toxic matter is thrown off into the
cream when it stands over night or for
number of hours in connection with
the two metals in the freezer The
conclusions of DIR. HulPs study are
thus summarized:
81. If we desire the smallest guam
tity of metallic poison in our ice cream
and still keep in use our modern
freezer we should see that the ingredi-
ents are pure, that the mixture is
frozen quickly and the paddle at once
removed.
-. The quantity of poisonous salts
is increased by acid mixtures, espe-
cially by the addition of eggs, corn
starch, etc., The addition of salt for
havoring purposes, as made by some
manufacturers, becomes criminal, and
it is grossly careless to allow any of
the salt water from the outside to get
into the can. If, as O result of fer
mentation, ice cream should contain
tyrotoxicon then it must be acid, and,
on this account, will dissolve still more
zine or copper.
"The quantity of metal dissolved de-
ponds upon the length of time the
paddle is left in the can, or, if the can
has zinc coated bottom and tin sides,
the length of time the cream remains
in it, or the amount of electrical action
will again vary if the can be copper,
coated with tin, and the tin be worn
off so as to expose the copper, thus
producing local currents that dissolve
the copper. "
Glad to See Them.
"One of the early Governors of o GER
tain Western State" writes a CORE
spondent, was a man of great popu-
acter, and undisputed fitness for the
duties of his Office, but entirely with
out any gift for public speaking.
Shortly after his election he paid an
official visit to the State prison, in the
course of which he was ushered into
the chapel where the convicts were
assembled in body
Before the Governor could realize
what was going on, the chaplain had
presented him to the company, with
the remark that he would doubtless
have something to say.
"'But. my dear SIR whispered the
startled Governor,eI haven't anything
to say. and / couldn't say it if | had
never made speech in my life.
1.-THE chaplain, who was entirely in
nocent in the matter. could only reply:
81 beg your Excellency's pardon for
being so premature, but as I have
committed you so decidedly see no
way out of it, and feel confident that
you will not mind addressing them in
a few words
"The Governor certainly was COM
mitted, and, though he was literally
trembling, he began:
Ladies and gentlemen No, no.
don't mean that-gentlemen and fell
ow-citizens mo, don't exactly mean
that, either-but-bu men and
fellow prisoners, / can't make speech;
II don't know how to make a speech;
[ couldn't make speech to save your
souls, or-or-or even my own! and
so-so-well, about all can say is,
that THAT I'm very glad to see SO
many of you herep"
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