Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1911 — GREAT EFFECT OF ARSENIC [ARTICLE]

GREAT EFFECT OF ARSENIC

Seems to Rebuild and Beautify, but la Currariatlve Poison—Also Aids , Digestion.

“You no doubt have observed the lily white complexion some fromen. These women are sacrificing years of their lives for that beautiful skin by the use of arsenic, 1 ’ said D. V. Duvan, a chemist of Manchester, England, at the Shoreham. "It is a well-known fact that thousands of women in all countries of the, world use the poison In small quantities to bleach their skin. It is an effective means of whitening and clearing the complexion, but the complex* ion given by Its use has no permanency, unless the absorption of the dnig be continued. "Arsenic, as science has long told us, is an accumulative poison. When one takes it either by prescription for the upbuilding of an appetite or for the bleaching of the skin, he does not feel any 111 effects for several years. The effect of the drug is bracing, and' makes a person feel like eating. It also aids the digestion. The average user of the poison takes It in such small quantities that he does not realize bow much of it will accumulate In his system in the course of four or five years. “Being an accumulative poison, it often takes that length of time to see the results of the drug. Then the user may complain of not being able to control his fingers or toes. Subsequently, he loses control of his hands and arms. Arsenical poisoning is the result. “Five years ago in Manchester there was an epidemic of paralysis. Several thousands of persons were stricken. Several hundred died, and the medical profession of England made a thorough Investigation of the malady and traced It to beer. The Investigators discovered that the brewers were using a glucose in the brewing of their product, which was found to contain a small quantity of arsenic. This drug, imbibed in small quantities in beer, had gradually accumulated in the bodies of thousands of persons; had impoverished their blood, and left a great percentage of them helpless.”