The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-28
A CASE OF WALL PAPER POISONING

girl ngod years died or somo mystcriouh Illness In England recently. Tho county analyst found 266 mg. of arsenic In hcr body. That is | some owhero in tho neghborhood of H third or a grain, # [ havo not forgotten tho metric moasure A third of a grain of arsenic IA
 whale of n dose for even n big strong man. A
 fairly safo medical dose of arsenic Is one'hun' | dredth of a grain. , | In tho sitting room of tho homo whore tho
 girl had lived tho analyst found that arsenic | was being given off in gaseous form rom thc
 wall paper. which was affected by mold
 note woil that tho arsenic in this Instance en- tered tho body In the form Of gas, by tnhnia- ton. it was not absorbed through the skin liho skin is not puncturod ,blistored, scratched or otherwise broken. This iB true, no matter whether it be a case of shoe dye poisoning, nl- ,rogycsrin IT. N. T dynamni!e' % aaso srSury mS Hs. spite tho arbitrary inferenees Of small tune coroners physicinnB and old-timo medical au' thoritios. might include Professor kahienborS and his boric acid trick in tho general ruck, only I'm still weo bit wary Of this man--hlS students all over the country seem to worShlp tho man. 50 am not yet ready to go to the mat with him, but anyway he Ia tho only pcr' son of scientific standing dofer to h this con troversy over the ability of the skin to absorl | things
 where tho girl had lived showed tho presence of 8.3 parts of arsenic per million. where the mold grew there wero only 23 partsi m 'hc plaster there were 01 parts.
 Spores of tho mold attach themselves to the damp paper, grow vigorously, and generate gaseous form of arsenic. That's how wall pn' per poisoning happens.
 Arsenic Is an Ingredient In many wall papers in tho Ink or color, especially in green papers other members of tho girl'B family were found to have traces of arsenic In their blood but not enough to cause any serious trouble lust why tho little girl absorbed and retained SO much of it the report of tho caso does not
 Pnthoiogist of Cardiff innrmary statcs that probably tho flour pasto used for putting on tho wall paDer served aB n medium Tor the growth of tho mold, which liberated tho nrscnlc nB n gas.
 rho Jury gave verdict of death from dysen. tcry, with aryencal pofs0nlng as contriputory cause,
 We'll arsenic poisoning, when acute, pro. duees characteristic dysentorry and cholera'iiko symptoms . common than people generally know It occurs fin various occupations whero arsenic is hane died in, ono form or another, ana " occurs from exposure to arsenic Tn % donostic hio; n n,I chronic arsenic poisoning. But l may suggest |n harmless remedy. That Is daily dose of go. dum hyposulphlte, say 20 grains, m m na'a ,, each month.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Seventeen Cats Ncighbors keep no less than i7 or IS cats. Most or nli of the cats have some discnsc which keeps them constantly sncexine, coughing, with niIn on their eyes and punches on their faces and tIrOats, yellow pus nlnsscs. These people are members Or c sect and they do not believe disease occurs and they will have ne treatment: A veterinary physician who saw these cats said no believes they all have tuberculosis. What arc the dangers, if any, to human beings? tMrs | W. II. WI
 | Answer--If it is tuborcuiosis t is the bovine type, which is not likely to infect human adults but may infect children, causing the | bone and lymph. node tuberculobs tn young children, The condition you describe would | seem Co be c nuisance which should warrant some investigation by the local health board. Bccr Versus MILK
 WI,nt truth is there in the testimony Of on
 alleged expert before q congressional commit
 tee that there ls almost ns much energy iu peer
 as in good milk? (Ii. M. D. I Answsr-~Ap Approximately the same amount Of
 truth in the assertion as there B energy 70 peer. A man couldn't drink the prodigious volume Of | beer (many gaI0ns) he would requirs 10 TIT. nish the energy for . ileht days work. The
 catch In the propaganda is that little word lALMoBT. | Fumes Of Lime
 Can you tell ne f ihisaIing thc fumes of lime
 would bc of benefit @ | person wtti. Y. B ..A
 friend thinks this Is helping him. (hiss .. k.) Answer---rhere is an old theory that persons | InhaIlng or ingestIng consldcrable llmcm are | likely than others 10 develop tuberculosis. of inst persons who have the disease do better y they get more lime in one way or another | do not know any more about it.
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