Our domestic poisons; or, the poisonous effects of certain dyes & colours : (especially those containing arsenic) used in domestic fabrics / By Henry Carr.

  • Carr, Henry.
Date:
1883
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Credit: Our domestic poisons; or, the poisonous effects of certain dyes & colours : (especially those containing arsenic) used in domestic fabrics / By Henry Carr. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    As an introduction to the third edition of Our Domestic Poisons it may be -well to give a slight sketch of the progress of the movement with regard to arsenical fabrics^ which has been made since the issue of the first edition in 1879 ; that edition was founded' principally on information received from medical men and chemists in reply to a circular addressed to some of the leading authorities on such questions. Purther information received in con- sequence of the issue of the first edition soon led to a second, and as considerable interest has been steadily manifested, a third edition appears to be now desirable giving some account of the action taken since the above-named dates. At an early stage the question was taken up by the Medical Society of London and a Committee of that Society was appointed to report on arsenical poison- ing by means of wall papers, paints, etc. Their report was published in The British Medical Journal, 21st February, 1880. The Committee issued a large number of circulars to medical men, and they express their regret that a ]