And, amid these rich and potent devices of the culinary art (not one of which, probably, had been tested, within the memory of any man's grandfather), poor Hepzibah was seeking for some nimble little titbit, which, with what skill she had, and such materials as were at hand, she might toss up for breakfast.
Early kraft pulp mills discharged black liquor to watercourses. Black liquor is quite toxic to aquatic life, and causes a very dark caramel color in the water. The invention of the recovery boiler by G.H. Tomlinson in the early 1930s, was a milestone in the advancement of the kraft process.
In the case of hematochezia, the blood may coat the stool, be mixed in with the stool, or even be passed by itself without any stool at all. Potential causes of black colored stools include: 1  acidified blood (blood from higher in the digestive tract)  iron supplements or foods high in iron.