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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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tioners for the adornment of their sweetmeats has invaribly ended in the discovery of poisons of the most destructive and deadly nature.
In England, the centre of civilization, as we are so fond of calling it, poison is openly vended in the streets, shop windows are filled with it; and although Doctor Letheby tells us that "within the last three years no less than seventy cases of poisoning have been traced to this source "still no steps are taken to decrease or prevent the evil.
Brunswick-green is frequently employed for colouring sweet meats. This substance is known as the oxy chloride of copper, a small quantity of it is sufficient to produce death. A case is mentioned by Henke where a boy aged three died from sucking a cake of green water colour prepared with this mineral poison, such as is sold in the colour boxes of children. The most easily obtainable antidote is the white of Eggs.
In september 1847 three adults and eight children were taken to marylebone Work house having been seized with vomiting and retched after eating some coloured confectionary, only to penny worth had been purchased, and eleven persons had shared it, yet the symptoms
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