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Show ARSENIC AN'D AMMONIA. Remarkable Cantraat In the Fir.ict of Twa I'otaona oa the C'rmptrxloii The slow absorption of many poiions chaurjes in some more or lesd modified form the complexion, hut arsenic and ammonia show their effect about aa quickly as any. The popular belief that arsenic clears the complexion ha lod many silly women to kill themselves them-selves w ith it in tmuil, continued doses. It produces a waxy, ivory-liko appearance ap-pearance of the akin duriLj; a certain stage of the poisoning, but iu Urnble after elfecu havo become too well known to maku it of common use an a cosmetic. The effects of ammcnia upon the complexion are directly the opposite to that of arsenic. The lirst symptom of ammonia poisoning which appears among thoifc w ho work in ammonia 1' tc-tories tc-tories ia a discoloration of the skin of the nose and foruhead. This gradually extends over the face until the complexion complex-ion has a stained, blotched and unsightly unsight-ly appearance. With people who take ammonia into their systems in smaller doses, as with their water or food, these atrikinpr symptoms do not appear so soon. The only elTeet of the poison that is visible for a time is a general tin-wholcsomeness tin-wholcsomeness and sallowuess of the complexion. Many persous are slowly absorbing ammonia poison without knowing it. The use of ammonia in the manufactures manufac-tures has greatly increased of lat, and it is unquestionably used as an adulterant adulte-rant iu certain food preparations. Ollicial Olli-cial analysis have plainly showed its use eren in such cheap articles of every day consumption as baking powders. The continued absorption of ammonia in even minute quantities as an adulterant adulte-rant in food ia injurious not merely from its effect upon the complexion, but because it destroys the coating of the stomach and causes dyspepsia and kindred evils, Professor Long of Chicago is authority author-ity for the statement that if to fifty million parts of water there ia one fiart of ammonia, the water is dangerous. |