The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-07-06

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cases Of compressed air illness.
Victims Of Poisoning.
| During the past two years sixty
deaths from lead poisoning have oc-
CURED in New York. Three-quarters
of these deaths were due to the man.
ufacture of white lead and the use OF
white lead in paints. AS there are in
the neighborhood of $50 trades in
| which workmen are in constant danger
of poisoning from lead. cases of both
acute and chronic lead poisoning are
probably the most common of all the
Industrial diseases.
| In the furrier's trade arsenical poi
soning not infrequently occurs. and it
| has been a source of danger up to
very recently in the manufacture of
wall paper
Many cases Of blood poisoning come
from the automobile factories, par
ticularly from the department where
men are engaged in Sanding the box
es." In Belgium this occupation of
sand papering paint has been pro-
hibited.
The disease known as "phossy Jaw"
which attacks the match makers, has
been known since 1854. The number
Of lives that have been sacrificed in
this occupation is large.
Out of door occupations are pop
ularly regarded as healthful, never
theless stone cutters. who usually
work out Of doors, but who breathe
the dust from their work. die on an
average about fifteen years ahead of
their time. Gardeners and florists
frequently suffer from dangerous in
Illumination of the hands and arms
occasioned by contact with certain
plants.
Butchers and slaughter house men
unless very careful in their work may
contract blood poisoning
There are a number of mental and
nervous diseases which may be called
occupational. Psychic epilepsy Is one
Of these. This epilepsy is directly
caused by the fact that person is
moving at a speed too great for the
physical organization. The human eye
cannot adequately distinguish objects
moving above a certain speed, nor can
the conscious mental processes which
make the engineer the master Of the
locomotive work normally above a GER
tain speed. In the engineers effort
to do his work under such conditions
q strain ensues which may cause fits
Of epilepsy Of which the sufferer Is
not even aware. These fits show
themselves in ten to twenty second
periods of Inconsistencies.
During that time the locomotive is
practically in charge of dead hand
In a train going eighty miles an hour
without the sufferer from psychic ep-
ilepsy being aware Of anything around
him. In that time warning signal
r,ay be passed without being seen.
This is a probable explanation Of s-me
disastrous wrecks.
Cigar makers, tailors, carpenters
laundry employees, jewelers.. BARRIERS,
seamstresses, book binding, sewing
machine operators. typewriters, dent
lists, pianists, violinists, telegraphers.
all suffer in various ways from over
use of the hands and arms. Neuritis,
neuralgia and cramps are frequent
afflictions of these workers
Mill workers who tend machines for
long hours are said to contribute I'M
duly to the state hospitals for the in
sane. There Is lead insanity, an
alcoholic insanity and insanity caused
by sulphurated hydrogen and a men,
tai deterioration resulting from ex-
posture to an excess of carbonic acid
gas,