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Domestic News
February 13, 1858
The Placer Herald
Rocklin, Auburn, Placer County, California
What is this article about?
Commentary on adulterated liquors in California, including strychnine whiskey, containing poisons like oil of almonds that cause temporary insanity and suicide attempts; calls for a law to prevent such admixtures.
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Strychnine Whiskey.—The bad effect of the liquors consumed in California is not more chargeable to their alcoholic ingredients than to poisonous matters which are incorporated in them. Some of the most virulent poisons, such as the oil of almonds, are used for coloring and flavoring the fluids thus adulterating them in such a manner as to act most injuriously upon the human system.—The frequent cases of temporary insanity and attempts at suicide are often chargeable to the facts to which we have alluded. A law should at once be enacted to prevent the use of poisons for admixture with any liquors which may be used for a general beverage.
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What sub-type of article is it?
Disease Or Epidemic
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Strychnine Whiskey
Adulterated Liquor
California Poisons
Temporary Insanity
Suicide Attempts
Where did it happen?
California
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
California
Outcome
frequent cases of temporary insanity and attempts at suicide
Event Details
Liquors in California are adulterated with virulent poisons such as oil of almonds for coloring and flavoring, acting injuriously on the human system; calls for a law to prevent use of poisons in beverages.