It is feared that a hundred deaths have been caused in New York by the drinking of poisonous imitations of whisky. Forty deaths have already been clearly traced to this cause. A preliminary analysis of the whisky seized has disclosed the presence of several irritant poisons, any one of which would certainly cause a painful death. Wood alcohol is the predominant material. The Government inspectors searched «ne entire district without finding a single bottle of .whisky which had ever seen a distillery ; the stuff sold as whisky would not cost 16s a barrel. People who live sedentary lives, people who sit in offices, people who get very little exercise, all these suffer more or less from liver and stomach complaints. It would give such a surprise to experience what Noxol would do f ot them. Tiy»-v »»tcb*wi*t-aod itcw. / * *
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Bruce Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 97, 16 December 1904, Page 3
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138Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 Bruce Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 97, 16 December 1904, Page 3
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