Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-26

general constitution and natural re-
'ietinr mower df The men. Also large
tv on tho amount OF foreign mnttcr IN
hated The mucous and the alVc0lar
coils are the normal respiratory
seavengcfH OF the lung ana arc ca
pnble Of protecting tho organ IN
measure, but when the dust is excess.
H.. tbc arnvonrcra are over-workcd
ana broken down. 30 TO speak. leaNlnf
Inc lungs oxpossd to just what occurs
"Everv man who works In the mill
FROM two to three weeks ls subject 20
attacks OF accute bronchitis, which "
due not only 60 the irritating eneS -
81 the dust, but 20 their apparent IN
ability to resist slight exposure. Inc
mucous membranes Of the nose. throat
and coniuuctiva are all subject to acute
denominations. The bronchitis ~
usually followed by n soreness along
Inc course OF the trachea and bron-
chiat tubes. usually more marked on
no riaht. After coughing has coutin-
nod for n time there Will be soreness
in the rerion ~ the stomach and loss
~ nppetttp There is loss OF weight
ana shortness ~ breath. the rchpiii-
lions running ns high as ~ anu
A. per minute upon the tnsnieat
exertion. AZ the weeks pass the Load
~ volrht continues, the respiration
does not Improve. tho patient suffers
,,,,crai mniniaa and soon finds II Inn
uoeslbie 10 gct about, and by the time
he is confined to his room has lost from
twenty 90 sixty pounds w weight iea-
lures are drawn ana eyes huhN'h'
DEATH COMES SOON.
apuise ranges from 90 10 100. weak
aud intermittcnt, Patients are reatleaa,
anxious and npprehcnaive or results,
they do not sleep well ana are subject
To hldeous dreams, ~ the dlHeafe ne
comes moro marked and In ia late
siafrea tho temperature may rise TO
i03 or iOA though q high temperature
Ia not always present. There u az
ways Characteristic odnr or the
breath at all times, probably duc 70 the
toliurium that the dust contains. Inere
IL no arsenic. na has been stated
Dr, Belts here presented table cons
tnininr a record OF fourteen cases, uf
whom eleven died IN st. George. Tho
figures showed that the average age
~ tho men was 20 years. Their aver
age weight was 100 POUNDS, AMI my
worked an average OF thirteen months.
| They died on an average OF ten months
after leaving tho mill orHuu wood
| bury stood Il the longest. lie worked
thirty-thrce months and lived twenty
four months nftcrwnrd. IL was Just
ten months from the time John Frost
/ entered the mill until his death. ie
/ worked three months and died seven
months after giving up.
DocToRs DISCUSS 1T.
DR.. Jones began the discussion. He
| remarked that the disease does not
| lir'rr particularly from that contracted
| by those employed IN the great cutlery
/ works Of sheffield. England. employees
I Of grindHtouc quarric4 and grain shove
lora The men who shovel barley are
specially liable 20 a. he said; 80 long
ns lie IA lees valuable than gqlli lusi
/ so long will these lives be sacrificed az
tho De In Mar mill There aro methods
| Of doing away with this dust, but they
cost money. The best remedy, In my
| Judgment. ia an Invocation OF the
strong arm n the law $500
pr. cut. Of ~. George. said; "Al
tho mon who left ~. George 10 work IN
that mill. have come back with this
] trouble AZ present there are three wht
are atiil alive, but they must follow Tho
others within three months. The RENE
dy ~ the one Just suggested by Dr
Jonca-thc strong arm OF the law. TIL,
! mill can be run by another process nnt
l Hhould be compelled 20 DO 20. There Il
not the slightest doubt but tift IN,
men who work In that mill now ar
doomed. There are no exceptions, ant
there win be none"
Dr. Hail Of Denver added with ON
phnHiHl 1T seems 10 me that II the law
/ can't be- invoked a rope would nhou
nt the case. A little thing like murder
In such an Instance az this should mo-
be criticised. have listened viii
nmaEcmcnt To the cases reported. an,
am aHtonlshed at the rapid cour'
I taken by the disease
Or. Mayo, formerly employed by IN,
De Ia Mar company said. 81 thlnl
Or. Bets estimate OF 1866 deaths 4
wrong. There were only thlrty-four II
reality.
II don't agree with Dr. Gift tina
other methods can be used. II IL neces
sarlly a dry process mill. | am willinl
TO admit that when a man gets tho dua
into his lungs he II doomed. The New
York Life Insurance company sent nj
Inspector 90 the mill because Il carrie
a number of policies there. on his re-
turn he reported that there was m
more danger 90 life In the De In Ma
mill than In the flour mills of Mime
upolla and the Mississippi valley"
Dr. Delano of Philadelphia REGARDED
pr. Belts paper nH a most vnlunhl
contribution. ana thought II should b
given a place IN medical literature. ~
hoped some mechanical genius woul