New-York tribune., 1902-07-20

innamed by minute particles OF steel and IRON
The effect upon his nerves is peculiar symptom
OF the 'hlemaker's lung" and the dlenakers arc
said to be peculiarly given 10 suicide.
Glassmakers said TO be given 70 alcoholic
excesses. The explanation is that the glassmaker
is subject to great heat and profuse sweating.
which engenders raging thirst Consumption ard
kindred diseases OF the respiratory system are said
to be especially fatal workmen in this industry.
and they suffer severely than other workmen
from diseases OF the circulatory. digestive and
urinary systems. well as from cancer
The worker in copper is easily distinguishable
from the peculiar discoIoration OF his hair and
greenish gums Other symptoms OF poisoning
those OF collie. vomiting and purging, with ex-
trene prostration- Copper workers." says Mr..
Oliver die much more rapidly than other oper-
atives from diseases of the circulatory and di-
gestive organs. and their mortality from all these
forms of disease IS greatly in excess OF the aver
age among workers in metals generally"
The steel worker is exposed to great extremes Of
heat and cold. and 10 other dangers health.
but he is. general thing. powerful and sturdy.
The explanation of this fact is that only an espc-
the more vigorous survive Nevertheless. The rate
Of mortality among these v9rkmen is 81 per cent
ZnS w9rkfTf are SGaiSsG @ 70 Gerala % 11 IGr o
sal-ammoniac. which is used in the process OF gall
ysnzi&ng & sheet ron Zinc TGrkeFs die rTss as
The high mortality Of lead workers is due natu-
rally TO working in this poisonous metal the work
ers of many other metals also come in eontact
however. MI Oliver says that one-third are from rom
poisoning. showing that after all the lungs suffer
more than the cireulatory system ,..,z -,
inhaling oxide OF zinc. II is shown that worhers
mixers and casters2are those especially liable to
this disease. Brass workers, says Mr. Oliver:
unhealthy looking they suffer from ansernia.
dyspepsia, constipation. collie and other digestive
Gunsrniths according to MI Oliver die from two
70 three times faster from alcoholism than other
workers in metal
Chimney sweers are especially adaictea a., % &C oan n
nearly double the average.
sizing. preparatory 70 the weavi9g OF me tabTis:
f made Of or or faTina enters ths lungs in snail
particles. Cotton spinners are also subject to
Wool workers suffer less severely, except those
quently the victims OF anthrax. or wool sorters
heat. especially If he be employed as stoker In ma a
I t 9ftsa easS qes or Wbat ooy termed
It has often been said in story and in song that that
pT9verbialy small With thin LEGS ana 10 st99pea 90 e
table and sew, his body was not permitted 70 de-
pense Of his legs and back But the modern tailor
may to certain extent overturn ancient H. tTaal, ih
the Introduction Of machinery 5ne taios or now ya1
steers the cloth around the electrically propelled
writer's. reporters and bookkeepers used to be
stricken down after years Of long service by what
was known as writer On
With the introduction OF typewriters, counting
machines and manifold sheets. much or 5nis
manual work has been curtaied In consequences.
IL is feared that the press viii become TOO
garruous from the fact that its reporters will no
longer be arrested by 'reporte.'s paralysis This
fear. however, Is not considered well founded oy
certain specialists who say that the Introduction
of the typewriter win in its give rise to its
particular ILL., such as perhaps typewriters palpf-
tatIOn OF the heart
Soldiers and sailors are generally thought to b
a healthy set OF from their outdoor manner
of life excepting Of course those who suffer rom
peStence ScOurgs. But the soldier, from oICen
being compelled 70 eat much the same klnd OF
food and drink impure water, often fans victim
TO what Is termed, soldiers dySentery, and the
sailor who is bound 70 lead more or less irreg-
ular life OF abstinence at and perchance dis
sipaton ashore suffers and often dies from sailor
tumor''
Indeed the mild musician Is not even exempt
Because OF his cramped position. ne is especially
given to a sluggish 'rnusician'S' liver. which
\ In cases makes him melancholy. and prone
4 o suicide.