DANGEROUS FURS.
SKIN DISEASES CAUSED. ,' DAMAGES AWARDED. '' " * LONDON, July U. A woman ■' who contracted dermatitis (inflammation of the skin),' on the neck, through wearing * a cheap fur -collar, has been awarded £240 damages. . , ' An analyst named Lambert gave *evidence that. there ,f existed an epidemic of skin diseases due to infection from Belgian and German skins, which were insufficiently 1 washed after dyeing. There was no infection from American furs."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18460, 25 July 1923, Page 9
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70DANGEROUS FURS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18460, 25 July 1923, Page 9
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