The Danger of Celluloid Combs.
A curious accident which happened recently in Paris points out a danger in the wearing of combs and bracelets of celluloid,
A little girl sat down before the fire to prepare her lessons. Her hair was kept back by what was called a * orop-comb,’a semicircular oomb of celluloid. As her head was bent forward to the fire, this became warm, and suddenly burst into flames. The child s hair was partly burnt off, and the skin of the head was so injured that several months aftor, though the burn was healed, the cicatrix formed a white patch on which no hair would grow. The burning point of celluloid is about 180 deg., and the coinb worn by the girl had attained that heat as it was held before the fire. —Court Journal,
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 933, 17 January 1890, Page 5
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