Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1883 — FACE POWDERS. [ARTICLE]

FACE POWDERS.

It is necessary t o raise a warning ery against a most mischevious statement which has reoently been circulated, and has already done harm, to the effect that "arsenicin small do aes is goed for the complexion.” It is not difficult to imagine the risks women will iaeur to preserve or improve their "good looks.” tfo more ingenious devioe for recommending a diug cen be hit upon than that which the authors of this most baneful prescription of “arsenic for ihe complexion” have adopted. Suffice it to recall the fact that for many years past chemists and sanitarians have been laboring to discover mt ans of eliminating the arsenical salts from the coloring matter of wall papers, and oertan dyes, once largely used for certain articles In clothing. It is most unfornate that this hopelessly antagonistic recommendation of arsenic to improve the complexion should have found its way into print. Those who employ the drug as ad vised -there are many either already using it or contemplating tbe rash sot— will d* so at their peril. So far a« they are able, however, it will be the duty of medical men to warn the public against this pernicious practice, which is only too likely to be carried on secretly. It is not without reason that that w* speak this pointedly, and urge practitioners to be on the qui vive in anomalous or obsoure cases.—Lancet.