Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES i. PHOSSY JAW. Necrosis caused by the inhaling of white phosphorus fumes. The poison attacks the alveolar process of the jaw bone which is least protected against infection. Investigations and prohibitory ta.res have recently reformed the match industry in which the disease most frequently occurs. One manufacturing firm generously renounced their patent rights to a safety process so that others might use it. a. ANTHRAX. The largest record of this infection is found among handlers of hides and tanners, for the disease is of animal origin. Leather workers, kid workers, brush makers, workers in hair and haircloth, wool sorters and workers in the woolen industry, longshoremen and veterinarians are fretfuent victims of the disease. Adequate methods of disinfection which will leave the hides uninjured are new being developed. 3. LEAD POISONING. Lead is used in more than one hundred industries and the ranks of the employees give many examples of lead poisoning. The greatest number of these are due to the breathing of the fumes or to the inhaling of the dust. The nerve tissue becomes affected and causes paralysis. One co m in on type of this disease is "Wrist drop/' and the condition indicates a muscular fatigue as on inducing cause. . 4. PAP1LLOMA. Jn occupations where tht skin surfaces are exposed to irritating substances, warty growths appear which may develop into tumors. A long-continued injury to the skin serves as a basis for the subsequent development of a cancerous condition. The illustration shows papilloma of the hand of an iron worker. The dangerous lesion is dut to friction from the tools of the trade. Courtesy of American Association of Labor Legislation ployed in the finer part of painting as a letterer and striper in car-shops, worke...