Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1882 — A Dangerous Remedy. [ARTICLE]

A Dangerous Remedy.

The extensive use into which bromide of potassium baa come renders the assertion of Herr Masohke, a well-known German chemist, of great importance. He says that this bromide is of remarkably sedative quality, is largely contaminated with lead, adding that the samples he tested could not be reduced to a dear liquid without the addition of an acid. Lead-poisoning is a dire alternative for nervousness or sleeplessness.