Scientific American 26, 24.12.1859
It was established by positive proof, at a recent legal prosecution before one of the Paris tribunals, that, unless the greatest circumspection is observed, theatrical performers run a great risk of poisoning themselves. A Parisian perfumer had long enjoyed the monopoly of furnishing the artists attached to the theaters of the capital with the various cosmetics used behind the footlights. Among these are preparations, white, black, red, &c., for painting the eyebrows, cheeks, and other portions of the countenance. An analysis of this theatrical perfumer's wares revealed that, instead of the innocuous substance which he should have employed in their fabrication, they were composed of carbonate of lead, mercury and other poisonous elements. The affair was brought to light through the serious illness of an actor at the Palais Royal theater, whose physician investigated the subject and ferretted out the truth. On the trial, many Parisian artists testified to having been, to a greater or less extent, victims of these dangerous cosmetics, which, in all probability, have been sold in New York as well as in Paris.
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