Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-26

attacked arc told by their elders in trade
to drink freely OF milk and thus promote
nausea. esteemed as the swiftest means
OF relief from these seizures.
= Quinine Makers Get Eczema.
Publishers Itch" an eczema Of the
HANDS, arms and face, found to be common
among furniture polishers. Is supposed to
be irritation due to some Of the impure
alcohols. A similar dry eczema is found
to attack the hands and faces Of quite a
large percentage of those employed in the
manufacture of quinine, and Is believed to
be due to emanations from the boiling
solutions Of this drug. This peculiar dis
ease OF quinine manufacturers disap-
pears as soon as their work is given up.
Shelters. especially in copper works. fire.
quently suffer from jaundice. stiffness Of
the joints and anaemia as the result OF
inhaling arsenic fumes given of in the
process, while 1t Is noticed that mercury
workers not only suffer from salvation,
but frequently are attacked with nerv-
Gus trembling. Safety equipment has
practically eliminated these dangers from
the mirror industry. but they are still
pronounced in the manufacture Of felt,
thermometers. barometers, dry electric
batteries and bronzing.
Match factory workers commonly suffer
from rapid decay OF the teeth, followed
by swelling Of the neck glands and In
fammation Of the jawbones. When
white phosphorus was used from II to IL
per cent of the employees were thus at
tackled. but since the red has come into
vogue for match manufacture only about
z per cent are attacked. Those who
work long in aniline vapors not infre-
quently suffer from a chronic poisoning
affecting the central nervous system
and causing lassitude, headache. roaring
in the ears and sometimes eczema, while
those attacked by the strong vapors some
times fall suddenly to the ground. their
skin becoming cold and pale. their faces
turing blush. death following in a state
OF profound stupor.
Naphtha and Coal Oil Intoxication.
"Naphtha intoxication' Is found to dis
able many employees in the dyeing and
cleaning trade and the rubber industry.
the symptoms resembling those Of drunk
enness being dizziness nausea, headache
ard hysteria. In rubber factories where.
for vulcanizing naphtha has generally re-
disulphide, this form Of intoxication is
suffered especially in rooms where rubber
IS spread upon cloth. New hands are
especially susceptible and even old ones
sometimes have to leave their work at
times and seek the fresh air for relief
Benzine vapors are quite as dangerous.
Three laborers in q carpet cleaning estab
lishment in which large quantities OF ben
zine were being used were lately found
unconscious upon the floor and had to be
restored by oxygen inhalation, and the
carbon disulphite gas still used sometimes
in the rubber industry. but now more
especially In the extraction Of fats. pro-
duces similar symptoms. as well as i'm
paired vision. pains in the limbs and a
sensation like the creeping Of ants on the
skin. Carbonic acid gas. another Of these
trade dangers, not only occasionally suf-
locates we'll sfnkers and miners, but is
and debility often peculiar to brewers,
winemakers. distil1ers and eastmakers.
who inhale it during the processes OF
fermentation necessary in their trades.