Allegation by New York City Medical Officers Washington, Dec. 27.
New York City medical officers recently alleged that the poisoning of nearly 100 persons, of whom 16 have died up to the present, was mostly due to the Federal Govern" ment's use of wood alcohol in denas turing grain alcohol for industrial purposes Government chemists state that the Government is not responsible for such deaths since only two per cent, wood alcohol, which is not a fatal dose, is employed by them—Reuter.
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