Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-04
Dangers Of ,Methyl Alcohol.

An interesting statement lis made
with regard to methyl CIR wood" al
cohol, which has been found in some
cases in lemon and vanilla extracts
and even nj whisky. The commits
.sioner recommends the fixing of a
penitentiary sentence upon an pro
Queer who uses this product i'm amy
ARTICLE ITO be used as food or drink.
The commissions Thinks methyl al
colhol should also be condemned in
products intended for external use.
Wood alcohol has a serious and imme-
diate effect upon the eyes, and in Sc
we're cases of poisonfvg where death
does not immediately ensue total
blindness frequently results The
fumes of wood alcohol have a disas.
trous effect and blindness sometimes
results fnom the absorption of the
wod spirit by the skin 55s .S
The fact that tthis product acts so
READILY upon 1.-THE optic NERVES would
Indicate tihlat THE use of hair tonnes
and similar prepar ions containing
wood alcohol should be condemned,
and the law n North Dakota prohibits
it's use in the following language:
1T shall he unlawful ito sell, offer
or expose for sale, or have in posses.
sion amy preparation or product in.
tended for the use of man, either for
internal or external purposes, which
contains nethyl alcohol or wood
Spirits. q T..
Some of the preparations formerly
sold i'm this state containing nlethyl
alcohol have been changed ito comply
with the requirements of our state
law, but some of these preparations
aus sold i'm adjoining states contain
methyl alcohol and occasionally find
their way into North Dakota. csa
Some other interesting facts are set
forth by the commissioner. Croton
Oil, a powerful and irritan. poison, is
found i'm some cough remedies and
cslt[ha1tics now ON the market.
,s Other Harmful Preparations.
Acetanflid, anodher harmful prepare
tion, is found In too many prapara-
tions offered for indisariminate use.
Some of the catar,rIh remedies on
the market contain as high as 2.25
per cent of cocaine, dangerous and
harmful drug, and one forbidden to be
sold except upon the prescription of a
physician.
Sarsaparillas contain a large per-
eentage of iodide of potassium, which
is classed as a poison, and of its use
in ssarsaparillas the commissioner
says:
| Mot long ago a representative of
one of the patent medicine houses
producing sarsaparilla stated i'm my
office that "a sarsaparilla without
potassium i0dide, or some similar
product, would have very little de-
mand There must be present, he said
something like potassium iodide which
shall cause the people taking THE same
TO believe THAT they are being bene.
fited as shown by the crop of pimples
when they have continued the use Of
sarsaparilla for some time; when as a
4 n11attsr of fact such treatment is IN.
1 dermirirg the health. IN other words
4 the manufacturer OF this class Of mat
4 emit medicines treat their patients IL
produce the disease that they NAV
treat the patient further and fake
4, IRON him the money to pay for q rem
edy which is in reality underminina
a the iheaIth.' =
Bron'o-seltzer Is Poor Business.
The person who has been talins
occasional doses of brom-seltzer III !
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