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166 LIVES FOR LEAVES.
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" A small glass tube was produced for the inspection , in which had been placed from four to five grains of the emerald green used for
the leaves ; and on applying it to the spirit lamp by the aid of a blow-pipe , there was found at the lower end of the tube acid a deposit The
of metallic arsenic , and at the upper end arsenious . powder was as light as magnesia and as easily blown about ; and the inhalation of the above quantity was quite sufficient to kill an
adult . " Another physician says— " I have seen more than a dozen men who have nearly lost their lives by lucifer match manufacture .
The lower jawbone rotted , and ultimately came out as perfect as to be icked up in a graveyard . These men knew nothing of
the any horrors p of their trade till they were incurably injured . This disease is very horriblehut it is less fatal than the artificial flower
, disease . This green arsenic dye is poison of the very worst kindthere is no poison so certain to do mischief . "
The modes in which the powder is used are various , according to the nature of the article desired to be produced . The coloring ,
according * to the common method , is performed by men , who , having mixed the powder which is insoluble , and of tolerable consistency ,
habit did no of t bel using ieve tha had t the "been green taken powder for a , "wh suicidal ich her daughter Mr was in James the
, purpose . . knowing Thomas P the aul , deceased surgeon , well of 26 , He Burton had C attended rescent , IN her _" ew four Road , times depos within ed to
. t ei hose ghteen occasions months recovered while suffering under his under treatment the same He effects had . made She had a post on
-. mortem ewere examin also of ation that , and color found . The the b nails ody were of a greenish yellow and color the counte . The - very green
nance yes was of a particularly anxious character . The lungs , gave presence of ulcerations teric arsenite glands of . . copper The The kidney , stomach the liver s were was being health much hi y g inflamed . hly There impregnated , with was also bunches , inflamm as also of ation g the ang mesen renous of the
with mucous the membran arsenite of e of the bronchial . The cause tubes of , no death dou was bt caus acute ed inflammation by the contact of the mucous membran copper e of the stomach , produced by the inhalation of the arsenite of copper . and M for . B the ergerond sai of d their he employed ninety he had -eight girls in
his the establishment wearing of masks , , hut it was £ > purpose objected to by preservation them as producing suggested excessive a heat small . They glass , tub however e for , the wore inspection muslin over of the their jury mouths , into . which Mr . Paul he had pro p duce laced d
lower arsenious from apply four ing end it acid to of to five the . the The tube grains spirit a of deposit lamp the was emerald b of y as the metallic ht aid green as of arsenic a used blow , for - and pipe and the , at he as leaves the foun easil upper ; d and at blown end the on powder ligmagnesiay
about ; and the inhalation of the above-mentioned quantity , was quite suffitions cient to on kill the an neck adult and . He face had being had the several usual cases appearances of similar . character A . sister , of eru the p-
where deceased she had was died tre under ated for the fever sam . e circumstances _3 _STow that he , had and discovered was sent to the the real hosp cause ital , ministration of the affection of , the he h should drate peroxide for the future of iron recommen He never d as an before antidote had the a fat ad al
case . The jury then y returned a verdict that . deceased died in accordance
with the medical testimony .
166 Lives For Leaves.
166 LIVES FOR LEAVES .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1862, page 166, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051862/page/22/
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