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    a physician's memoranda. 51

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    the clironic poisoning by arsenic of persons living in such , rooms has been proved strated in experimentall their secretion y , inasmuch s , more especiall as the presence y if the elimin of arsenic ation of may the be poison demon be

    accelerated " The emp b loyment y the administration of arsenic-green of iodide in the of manufacture potassium . of paperhangings , in the staining sanitary paper authorities , in painting on children the Continent ' s toys , for & c many , has years attracted past . the In attention several of of

    the German States , more particularly in Bavaria , the very country of arsenic colors , ( which are manufactured on a very large scale in Schweinfurt , a town has in Franconia been repeatedl , ) the app proceeded lication of again these st . colors I have to pap before ering me or an painting edict of rooms the

    Bavarian Government y of the 21 st of July , 1845 , expressly prohibiting the tion manufacture , it is true and , was sale repealed of arsenic by -green an Act pap of erhang the 23 ings rd . of This January general , 1848 prohibi , ft for - of

    before industrial for house considerations _papering , ' and and _painting the use , provided * Schweinfiirt the color green were permitted permanently as nxeci by appropriate means . lhe relaxation oi the measures against

    several Schweinfurt papers green laid appears both by , however chemists , to and have physician given but s before little the satisfaction Academy . In of poisoning Munich , in produced its sitting b of arsenic the 9 th of June , even 1860 , when undoubted lazed cases were of broug chronic ht

    forward ; and the Academy y was called papers upon , to represent g to the , Government the colors necessity and of of removing strictly enforcing all Schweinfurt the former -green regulations wall-coloring again from st arsenic public ,

    buildings " The , immense schools , consumption hospitals , & c . of arsenic colors , and their reckless use under and various the conditions consideration prejudicial of the public to heal . Not th , certainl satisfied y with claim poisoning the especial the wreaths notice

    which adorn the heads of our women , modern trade introduces arsenic withvogue of out Lei scrup psic for le , ball contain even dresses into as , much their according dresses as hal to f . their an The anal wei green ysis ght made t of arl Schweinfurt atanes by Professor so much green Erdmann of . late The in ,

    clouds color is of loosel dust y . laid I am on told with that starch a , ball and dress comes requires off by the about slightest twenty friction yards of in According material , —an to estimate the above probabl analysis y below , these the twenty mark , y considerin ards would g the contain present about fashi 60 on O .

    grains dress of of this whit kind e arsenic no less . A than Berlin sixty ph grains ysician powdered has satisfied off himself in the course that from of a a whirlin attractive sing " le It evening will g- along , object I think . in an of , be contemp arsenic admitted cloud lation that , presents but the arsenic the under spectacle -crowned no circumstances does queen it not of the become a very ball ,

    wove truly melanch the ol wreath y when in our the thoug endeavor hts ; turn to to prolong the poor a , poisoned sickly and artiste miserable who existence alread gay y undermined , by this destructive occupation ?

    " Ladies cannotI thinkhave the remotest idea of the presence of arsenic in their ornaments , . If aware , of their true nature , they would be satisfied with less brilliant colors , and reject , I have no doubt , these far showy green is

    concerned articles , which a truthful have imitation not even of the nature merit . There of being being , as no longer as coloring a demand , and dresses would

    for themthe manufacture of poisonous wreaths poisonous , rapidly cease as a matter of course .

    " A " I remain , dear Sir , yours very sincerely , A . W . _HOFMANJST .

    " To the Right Hon . William Cowper , & c . "

    A Physician's Memoranda. 51

    a physician ' s memoranda . 51

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1862, page 51, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031862/page/51/