ARSENIC IN WALLPAPER.
Dr. Anderschon, of Denmark, In a lecture on "Drugs and their Action," at the Pschyo-Therapeutic Society's rooms in London rooaatly, said mercury was used in England more than in any other country in cases of syphilis, and claimed more victims _ than the disease. The use of arsvnic.in wallpaper for rooms waß also a danger in a very peculiar way. The arsenic became absorbed in the human system. It created irritability; a person under its influence could, not remain quiet, became anxious, and showed a certain fear of death. Medical treatment for nervousness was the usual consequence, and all the time the patient was suffering from arsenic contained in the paper on the wall.
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Press, Volume LV, Issue 16520, 12 May 1919, Page 8
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