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Wood Alcohol Poisoning
Foreseeing the possibility of increased use of wood alcohol upon the withdrawal of grain alcohol from the market, the Committee issued a special warning in the spring of 1919, and in September of that year instituted, through the co-operation of the press, an intensive educational campaign reaching not only every city and town in the United States, but rural districts as well. A need of continued work is evidenced by reports of wood alcohol poisoning daily appearing in the newspapers. As a basis for future action, the Committee is making a strenuous effort to get at the facts in the case; to this end a request for authoritative information was sent to the following: the health officer of each state, the health officer of one hundred of the largest cities, state commissions for the blind, associations for the blind, hospitals, prosecuting attorneys....