The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-15
DBBBLIDG With POISON
PerilOus Task Of Those Who Manu-
facture Deadly Drugs.
The Many Dangers to Which Those
So Engaged Are Constantly Ex-
posed - Precautions Taken by
Them The Almost Irresistible
Temptation to Sample Their Wares

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NE" 'oi'N' jury
manufacture oil some Oh the aeauiies'
| poisons known is located not far from the
| heart of New York CITY. and sufficient
| -: :; .. 81, H.. ,,o,r IN ,nni
| poisoh 10 oeiHs maui 'neie INV "
| hilate the "hole population Vi me eie"'e'
| city. 1t Is guarded carefully from all IN
| tru,Iers and no one passes beyond its por-
,,,s without , snoc;,I hermit and even
>' -
employees nave 10 oe sAiiieu III 'i'eh WIN
and the nature of the risk they take before
admit.ance is granted them In this fac
tory ic m,nuf,ctured rure anbvdrous acid
| l.. r.. :. -, ~, ,,,,r,,o+
ii ui"s 'i'a' 10 never p'aoeo oii 'ie MAJ me-
| III us pure state, ana even III the chemist
| laboratory ii is handled with all the care
| of poisonous reptile. IL the fumes OF
| this acid should escape the chemist would
| never live TO tell the tale. The man who
! discovered it was killed by inhaling its
! fumes, and many another has met a SIM
| liar death. From 8 to per cent of this
! acid dilu ed with ninety-seven parts Of
water fc; ms prussic acid Even this poison
| is SO deadly that inhaling its fumes would
I mean instant death. and it is never han
I died except in the factory or a few large
responsible laboratories.
Probably the next in inheritance IN This
| acid is the cyanide of potassium. which Is
manufactured in the same factory oulv
liz another part of the building. where a
/ firenroof and airtipht wall shuts IL off
| from tho 6rst The fumes NJ this are mo-,
! pois nous. and one can work in The room
| who're il is manufactured without fear.
! except that he must not touch it, The
F., slightest quantity of the poison in its
! pure state would kill If swallowed The
fumes of cyanide of potassium have a
rattle, pleasant odor. and II is said at the
.actory that it has n witchipc effect on
! workmen Fer all the world the finished
poison looks like crystallized sugar. and as
you gaze on IT and smell the FASCINATING
i oder. there is a strong termination tn taste
| IL. This fascination 10 nrohahlv much like
| that which draws man over steen
precipice. At ary rate the atfraction IN
| taste AZ The ncison is 60 wa,l recoenize5
| thai worlnan &c never olIouad in tho
! roor, ,,ona T, 40 ,,;x;ra r,,or, ahara
| tho mon to;, heforo n hns. caniaro, of
molten .vanisa tho sce,s ;s H. nat os
| some old witcb.s cave esnec,aiIv n ,ne
| knows tho nature NJ tho terrih,e no:s,u that
! the men are brewing
Nitric acid ;s anotber oo;sn, oo,,,,,y
| fearful +, its results when once iiberateJ
! This no;s,n eats away and tbroupb almost
ANYTHING. and il can be kent IN eIassFcars
| boys aIsuc. Break one of these and the
| factory "a doored The acid snreads
| ,rcund and heg,ns IN o.t into EVERYTHING
! a ,onnho- ~ ;,o;sa, iii 80. o,,a,th;n
| insamm.b,o nn Gre No NAV cav coi,ac,
| the acid and If is aimoet 'in,noss;hIa IN
! nour ANYTHING over il m counteract ;ts
| effect AZ IL burns and snreads around lie
| frmor hacoma deadly In ,boir oasoct ava
| sror,o, .,,a,nnt;ns - n,,t az, .ha Soma.
,.o,,,S s,,rsos -, ,.t,a ,,,,,as 40 ~,
LII ~, onoa hut 70 b-a,,has ..aaIi,v tor no
tive ,bo,, 1rseabIa onJ nelson Tho sy.tsm
| co that yi,bIn twenty-fon bours deotb
| eo-,oe
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