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Beer-Poisoning Epidemic in Manchester

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Dec 19, 1900

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 26, No. 51.

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Beer-Poisoning Epidemic in Manchester

A BEER-POISONING epidemic is reported from Manchester, England, where more than seventy deaths have occurred as the result of drinking poisonous beer, and 18,000 patients are suffering from the same cause. The chemicals used by the brewers have been tested, and found to contain arsenic.