Arsenical Cosmetic Lotion

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Title

Arsenical Cosmetic Lotion

Subject

Cosmetics; Women; Formulas, recipes, etc.; Beauty, personal; Arsenic in the body

Description

This is a recipe for a skin-whitening lotion that contains arsenic. Eighteenth and nineteenth-century women often mixed toxic ingredients into their homemade cosmetics, oblivious to the danger.

Creator

Ella Adelia Fletcher

Source

Ella Adelia Fletcher. The Woman Beautiful. New York: Brentano’s Publishers, 1901, 189.

Publisher

Brentano's Publishers

Date

1901

Rights

No Copyright-United States

Relation

The Josephine Long Wishart Collection: Mother, Home, and Heaven

Format

JPEG

Language

Eng

Type

Still Image

Identifier

Recipes_lotions_001

Coverage

Spatial: United States
Temporal: 1900s

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Citation

Ella Adelia Fletcher, “Arsenical Cosmetic Lotion,” The Josephine Long Wishart Collection: Mother, Home, and Heaven, accessed October 22, 2026, https://www.motherhomeheaven.ohio5.org/items/show/71.

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