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Poison from Oil Lamps

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · May 15, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 19.

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Poison from Oil Lamps.

MANY persons who use kerosene or oil lamps are in the habit, when going to bed or leaving the room for a time, of turning the wick down low in order to save a little in the consumption of oil. The consequence is that the air of the room becomes vitiated by the unconsumed oil vapors, by the gas produced by combustion, and also by the minute particles of smoke and soot which are thrown off. Air thus poisoned is deadly in its effects, and the wonder is that more persons are not immediately seized with inflammation of the throat and lungs, headache, dizziness, and fatally injured by breathing it. Irritation and nausea are among its effects.—Sel.