Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-07-13
DISEASE fRoM woRK.
MS That Affllct Farmers, Bakers
and pay-Laborers.


robust and brawny, aud the average
duration Of their lives is long; but, be-
mo exposed 10 alterations Of heat and
old TO winds. rain and snow, they
are liable 10 acute pulmonary alice
ions ana rheumatism. Boat-men and
ishermen arc quite subject 20 chronic
bronchial catarrh. The latter arc
aid 10 suffer greatly from panerls o.
he right index finger due TO the rub
bling ol the line.
Farmers aud those occupied In agrl-
cultural pursuits. says the Boston
Globe, are often attacked with car
tarrh and pneumonia among the elder
II and aged ones ehronic rheumatism
prevails The life OF an independent
'armer is SO free from anxiety and 50
aealthful 10 It's conditions that II i
we're not for the poorness Of food SET
forth on most farmers tables. their
lives would be much logger and more
comfortable than they arc. But 10
most farmhouses the diet l. very much
restricted. tho meat consisting Of plen-
~ Of salt pork. More pitiful wrecks
81 women, By reason Of hard work and
poor food. than some II the farmers
wives Of New England II would b
hard to lind.
LabOrsrs iirnish large number %
deaths from Bright's disease aud
phthisis.
There are occupations Ia which per.
sons ARE exposed 10 extreme artificial
heat, where tho atn0spheFe u tbs
work room Is necessarily kept at a
high temperature. aud whore tho Yon-
tIlation IL always poor; for q rapid
shange ia tho air would call for 10.
creased consumption u fuel Whsshor
the high temperature or the bad DIR
be the cause. ii il certain that ghoss
working updor those conditions ass
generally sickly. and their p0Weg az
resisting disease i much rnlaerd.
Copl0ns perspirntion has 4 great deal
10 do, no doubt, 9lih tho lou ssasr
.ot thsiF vitality. and INC sadarH
changes 81 temperature Hhich they ua.
iorgO after leaying 81 woFk and g1ins
put doors, render them ilsbls 10 casag-
rhal trouble. both pulmonary and
gastric intestinal. They arc good Sub.
lccts for rheumatism and liright's dis
vase.
Hrickmnkcra aro generally robust
men, Ihcse whD prpss tho elAg .nto
molda ~ bands suffer painfal errptsa.
Iatton of tho teul0as Of tho wrist.
They are exposed 10 the smpke aaa
heat from tho Inns kilns. which pro.
luce disease,
Bakers aud cooks ars cxposssl 10 81.
lrc1nn hoax and nearly nlways Ia badly
ventilated and damp places. Tho Tor
msr work at night. and shs!r male.
puffy faces arn very characteristics
Both aro subiecs 10 rheumatism ana
vuSicosc veins. Thc hcss 81 sho are
and the Irritating substances II which
they work produce rruplsoas az Tho
skin on the hRnds and arms ana acuts
Inflammation on thc face. III tho ia
lFndss. that Of the baker Il tho mos,
unhealthy, The hnnds 81 bakers ~.
seserally large and powerful bgcauas
u tAo muscular oxertlou usa in knsal.
ing dough.
Charcoal burners arc cxposaa /, ,
temperature varying from los 10 H.
degrees Fahrenheit. but do moi s,,,ycr
much, as their work Is done Ia ~
open air.
blacksm!ths are strong and hsaltbv
men, partly because only robust mar
could endure the hard work az III.
trade, and partly because consta,,
muscular exercise tauds 70 incrcaa.,
the natural ylgor Of those who a5on, 4
y But the extreme oxsr,lop ana ~.
posture to the heat of tho fory, ~.
great peaspiration and sudden chance
q temperature, arc many sourrss !, |
peril 70 tho health; and II l. he ~ /
vorsal opinion OF writer's on hvgcina
1iat they age very quickly. Tho llgb, |
ana heat from the forge. A. w.tl :.
we "hitc-hot metal, produce MANY
diseases Of the eyes. iIlacksmiths ~,
llso said to suffer greatly from hcnd.
lcnes and catarrh. The sudden ebans,
= temperature naturally produce acute
ma chronic rheumatism.
Engineers and stokers on rai,rnaa.
U steamships and attending statlonary
Engines are also exposed 70 great MN,
IN steamers, whore their qnar,ors 49,,
very small, they are most npbasl,,,.
',a y, o. men. This is especially tr,,e
I lhe stokers They arc nlways na,a
'uDIecs 70 catarrh, rheumatism ana
pneumonia =, and frequently AZ '
MANY MANY writer's describe a peculiar Al,
ecslon which attacks men wbo cl,a.,
''i. INC boilers OF steam engines Thas
inter BY q man-hole, and e. i ,
emerge with rod face. , ~"
'luc' veins swollen, interrun,ed up. Ups
itlOn and tho haa.t -. 'NoPb-