Our domestic poisons, or, The poisonous effects of certain dyes & colours used in domestic fabrics / by Henry Carr.
- Carr, Henry.
- Date:
- 1879
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Our domestic poisons, or, The poisonous effects of certain dyes & colours used in domestic fabrics / by Henry Carr. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![A law making the seller of such poisonous goods clearly liable to the purchaser, whether illness be pro- duced or not, would probably be found an efficacious mode of prevention. Further, it is desirable that purchasers should, as far as possible, require a written guarantee that articles supplied to them are free from arsenic; they should also have them tested as a duty to themselves, their families, and to those employed in their manufacture. Dr. Chambers gives it as his opinion that an action for special damages would, as the law now stands, lie against any manufacturer who caused arsenical poison- ing, aud that such would be a most efficient way of calling public attention to the question. Any one who has suffered from arsenical poisoning would confer a national benefit by bringing a case to trial and obtaining a decision in a court of law. Lastly, as a suggestion to manufacturers, it would certainly answer the purpose of some enterprising man to advertise his wall-papers or other fabrics as guaranteed free from arsenic and from all other materials, the employment of which is not sanctioned ] in a sanitary point of view by — Physician to — Hospital, and by — Professor of Che- mistry. The public is sufficiently alive to the question to afford every prospect of success to some energetic man who would work bond fide, and advertise freely in the new line here indicated. 4](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22362964_0057.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
