blotching

Updated: May 26, 2025

Wood, coal, flour, each has its own, penetrating where it can never be dislodged; and a less tangible enemy lurks in poisonous paints for flowers or wall-paper, and in white lead, the foundation of other paints, blotching the skin of children, and ending for many in blindness, paralysis, and hideous sores.

Helen Campbell - Women Wage-Earners: Their Past, Their Present, and Their Future