The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-14
EVERY TRADE MAS ITS DISEASE.
Curious Results OF Continued Occupation
on Men who Work.
Prom me ran Mail Gasctte.

From me TAU MnH 6uscttc.
II Is well known that there are n number OF
dangerous trades which give rise to serious dis
eases: hut, as a matter Of fact, almost every &C.
cupatIon has some ailment peculiar TO itself. A
doctor can always tell II his patient is a baker.
for instance. by the state Of his teeth. Tho
-four dust collects on the teeth. becomes acid,
and gives rise to a special kind of decay. bakers.
owing to their irregular life. sleeping In the dav
and working at night, and because Of the hot
air and dust are great victims to consumption.
Blacksmiths, strong as they are. very often suffer
from paralysis OF the whole right side from the
continuous shock Of hammerinR, aud their eyes
become weak from the glare OF tho fro. AtiI-
letes, strange to say. do not, rs u rule, enjoy
long life. Professional boxers. wrestlers. gym.
nasts. cyclists, are short lived. ana suilcr
from enlargement of the heart and diseases uf
the lungs, B~oilermakers get deaf from the
drivers drink beer in such large quantities that
they ruin their livers and generally die young.
Brick layers and plasterers are very healthy,
and they are said to resemble asses in never
dying. Butchers are very strong ami healthy,
but they suffer In health through eating little
pieces %: raw meat. Cabmen are noted for
"nipping." and they endure the natural cons--
quences.. The cold. also. affects their faces to
come frequently paralyaed. Carpenters and
cablnetmakers are All. ,cted with varico,e veins
In the legs, aud the action OF the shoulder In
saving and blaming produces u diseased condi.
tion OF the large artery that runs from tho
heart TO tho arm, 30 that there Ia not a
CARPENTER living, q doctor says, in whom
n curious noise may not be heard by
applying the ear to that blood vessel. Hardly u
single china ,%scourcr live to old age without
becoming asthmatic. Clersyman's sore throat
u. OF course. well known. IL In said by som Q to
result from having the mouth open so frequent.
". Tho air going In that way and drying tho
throat. Others say II ls caused by the clerical
collar; And Others. stu. say it results from the
and has to bend his head downward: for bar.
rlsters. who talk quite as much. do not suffer AS
much as clerrymen, being on The same level as
Miners. from working in the dark. become
very irrilable; their eyes get weas. anh their
particularly male cooks working IN hotels.
clubs. and restaurants, yet govt from c%ontinu.
ally tasting rich food; aud both male and
female cooks get yaricoss veins and Hat foot
from long standing, as well as the we'll. known
ache OF the face from the heat and dirt. Coop
era have a lump ON the knee. which is really u
little bag OF mud put there by nature to pro-
,sct the knee from the i%niuriop. Effects of press
come distended from holding their breath.
domestic servants are remarkable for suffer
quently afflicted with poverty OF blood from
drinking tea ana running upstairs. Dress
consumption very often. hut NOR. often In in.
digestion. poverty "f blood. and impaired eye
sight, The fumes Of nitric acid make gold
smiths eyes sore. and .hry get cramps In their
fingers from catching small surows. Nearly
all tho human, beings who suffer from that
aw ful disease, CHAMBERS. are grooms.
India-rubber workers have very bad head
aches and great mental depression. Painters
are poisoned by tho lead they use ~ much. aud
all their muscles. but especially the wrist
muscles. become very weak. Photographers
get poisoned by cyanide Of potassium. The
dust that enters the lungs OF potters when they
are Sitting clay interfcres 80 much with their
breathing that ",pot,ers, asthma" is = well;
known disease. Compo-itors get cracks and
iissures In their lips and small tumors In
In their mouths from the habit OF putting ty pc
In the mouth, and consumption attacks them
frequently because OF the STOPPING posture and
tho confined and sed-ntary life. Politicians arc
tho greatest sufferers of all. the constant dram
drinking giving them ind igestion. jaundic &c, and
nervous diseases. killing them Mt an earlier age
thnn ncrs of any other profession. Sailors,
very eingulnrly, suffer greatly from con.
sumption. Ow Wing to the cold and damn aud tho
bad air Of the f0recastle, Statesmen and sales
women In shops have n lot OF standing. which
gives them vnricose veins and pains in tho feet;
cloth scourers, who inhAls bcnzina and turpen-
tine, suffer much from headache. lRssitude. aud
nervousness. Shoemakers get their chest
pressed In nv the last, lose their appetite and
strength, and have head Stonecutters'
eyes are often injured by the flying stone.
Tea.tastors, although they only take tho tea
into the mouth and do not swallow II, become so
nervous that they can follow their employment
Tor only q. period of eight or ten years. The
.edentary life. OF lawyers, artists. students. md
literary men gives rise 10 govt. which IN said 10
XIII more wise men than fools; dyspepsia, which
made Carlyle'r life such u torture, ana Apoplexy,
which carries of hosts OF great men.