AS 1111ig iigo iis IS15 iiiort! 01' 1 t . s ~ severe c i i ~t ~ of iirscriiciil poisoiiiiig occurred iii Gctriiiiiiiy iiiitl \vwcb riscribcd to tlic iiie of tloiliibst ic ~~i I l -~) i i ~~~~~, t Iir pigiiiciits'oii \vlii~li were slio\vii to coiltiiiii arsciiic.. At tlint t iiiic t Iiv iisc of copper 11ydr11geii iirsciiitc! iiiitl siiiiiliir coloiirs (Yclici~le's green m i l 'Scliwciiifiirtt-r green) \'its coiiiiiioii. Since t Iicii, in spite of rigoroiis It~gisliit ioii, ..;t*.(.riil siiiuliir ciiscs--?;oliic fiitiil-li;i~c occiirrctl from tiiiitb to fiiiir, of wliicli t lie iiiost rc!cciit w r e rcportrtl in t Iic Forcst of I h i i in I)ccciiil)cr,
1931.'
'l'h ciirlivst niid iiiost oh-ioiis csl)l;illiit ioii lint forrviirtl to c~spliiiii t Iic :ii)sorptioii of iirsriiic hy pcrsoiis living i n the rooiiis, \':is tlic i~il~iiliiti~ii of piirtiih tli~ti~clictl froiii tlic piiprr. Tlic pri'seiicc of iirsc*iii(: i i i t I ~c tliist of SIN-11 ~O O I I I S I ~i i t l Iwcii (lvliionst riitcil, I)ut poisoiiiiig lint1 iilso I)cvii olJscrvctl wlicrc t lie origiiinl i i ~s ~i i i ~i i l piper l i i i i l I)ccii covcrctl by ii frcsli oiic contiiiniiig no iirsciiic. (loiiscqiicnt Iy it \V~IS iicct'ssiir~ to loolc for SOIIW otlicr ciillst' t h i i t i ~iiccliiiiiiciil tlisiiitrpriitioii of t 1ic pigiiiciit. C : i i i c h ? in IS39 iioticctl lliiit :I gnrlic otloiir \vns iisiiiilly prcsciit i i i room.. wlicrc t lit* syiiiptoiiw Iiiitl tlevclopetl. IIc riscriI)ctl t Iic poisoiiiiig to ii voliitilc iirsciiic coiiipoiiiitl lil)cr;itctl from t Iic will-piiper wliicli, in his espcriiiiouldy. Fiirt IIW iiitlicatioiis in tliia direct ion w r c ol)t:iirictl liy IJlcrli3 in lS7'3, who exposed strips of p p c r coatctl witli Scli~rcinfiirtcr grccii (copper iir.wiitc coiitiiiiiiiig copper ncctiitts) to iiioist. iiir iii fliisks. 'I'liib strips were iitti~clietl to tlic wiills with starch pnstc niitl iiftcr t i tiiiic bccainc iiioultly. Air WIS 11iissct1 tli~oiipli t IIC fliisks iiIitl led into silver nitrut e solutioii, giviiig ii tlcposit wliicli iippcarctl to bc silver. 011 rciiioviiig this and iidtliiig nniiiioiiici ii prctipitntc of silvw iirsciiitc was tliro\vii doivu. No cliciiiiciil cvitlciicc for t.lic itlcntit,y of t b s c deposits ~v i i s given by Fleck.
'I'wJ yews later ScliiiiJ siiggcstctl tliiit tlic ~iioiiltls