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Show MUCH POISON IN PERFUMES. Power to Intoxicate and Benumb Proved by Experlmenta on Frogt, ThotiKh It la popularly Mlovod that at rou ft prrfimna havo powor tn (titoi-Irato (titoi-Irato and bonumb, and though workrre In porfunio laboratorU'a are ocraalon ally an niurh affnrtod aa to nood modi rul aid, llttlo attontlou haa boon paid hy phyaloloKlHla to tho olTiu t of otlora. Hot now a (l.Titinn pttyalrlan haa made a aorlca of oxpcrlmonta whlrh fully con linn thn popular bollof. The ex perliiH'tita wvro made not on human bclnKa but on fniga which were put under Klaa bolla with uaon wnfit-atod wnfit-atod with varloua eaHoncos. The offoi'la are altnllar to those ot chloroform. Thore la a brlof ataxe of oirltemout, followed by partial or complete paralyala. Alltiough many odom wor iisim! thoy woro found Ur tllfTor only In rapidity of action, and the uotorloualy heavy and "hoady musk waa fouud to be ono of tho alow eat. Camphor, poppormlut, lavondor' and clovoa aro alau alow, while aide hydo, turpoutlno. elder flower, ylang-ylnnn. ylang-ylnnn. "poau l Knimum," aaafctlda blaulphurlde of carbon, mustard, and n trot I no art quickly and onrrKotlrally.' In aome t-anoa tho otToct waa Inntam tauooua. The frox would Jump about In a lively manner, but would aoon atop, close hla oyex, and rub his uoae with hla puwa. Ilia hrouthlUK and heart action hocume alow and InlKirtMl and ho poraplriMl prt.Hmcly. If ho atlll' tried to HprliiR ho oftu fell on hla t'Mrk and bad hard work nettlnc on hla foot aKRin. If tho action of the fumo waa continued tho frnaa tueatlH ItiK became coiivuIhIvo, his head fell forward, and hla only rHpoimo lo an extcrntil HtlniulUH wn a ap;iHtuo(Uo at tempt to lircuHut. Ills oven turned out-I out-I wurd and hla h-nrt lat moro and j inuro atow ly tut I II It tttoppt d uHoKether. |
