Show Ii Many Ind Industrial DAILY t i HEALTH Chemicals SERVICE i I 11 May Affect Workers' Workers Skins 1 I This i Is s ono one of a series serks of articles by y Dr Fishbein on skin d diseases induced induced in- in by external causes arly industrial chemicals S S By DR MORRIS FISHBEIN editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hy- Hy I Hy-I tho the Health Magazine It la is now generally recognized that hat numerous chemical substances m used sed In jn industry ma may affect the thc skin kin with tho the production of oC crup- crup crupI I ions Irritations change chango of ot color I or r other symptoms I Painters plasterers and dentists are re known to suffer duo to eruptions from rom turpentine limo lime and similar chemIcals Not Kot Infrequently a sec sec- infection occurs on tho the spot that hat has been Irritated and md thereby lowers tho the resistance Specialists In diseases of the skin sometimes find that henna which Is s incorporated in hair dyes yes will cause eruptions resembling those duo to tho the chemical found in dyed furs urs Eyebrow pencils which con con- tam aln mascara or various coal tar tal products produce In some soma Je people redness edness and swelling of ot the upper r eyelids Various chemical substances for tor or removing hair hall contain barium sulphide sul- sul which produces an Irritation of f the skin Some shaving shavIng- creams have havo lave a l sufficient amount of ot alkali alkaH in n them to irritate a sensitive e skin In addition to direct Irritation from Crom rom tho the chemical there thele Is the possibility pos- pos of oC reaction because tho the Person person per per- son on Is especially sensitive to some drug or chemical substance Not Infrequently babies have havo severe sc ir- ir of oC tho the buttocks duo due to chemIcals In tho the excretions Thus Thusn In n some somo cases tho the action of or a germ gelm germon gelmon on n tho the fluid that Is excreted splits the tho 10 chemicals which it contains Into nto products one of 01 which is ammonia ammonia am- am monia an and tho the ammonia Is IrritatIng in Ing ng to the skin In iii the tho case of 01 such Irritation from the tho lio diaper the growth of ot tho the gt gm nn whIch brings about the formation of oC t ammonia may nm bo ho prevented p by T washing tho the diapers In antiseptic solutions Obviously Ob In cases of oC Irritation of oC the skin such as have been described de do- e- e scribed tho the matter of or first importance tanco tance la is to determine exactly the cause Usually with removal of or ortho tho cause of oC the thc Irritations the disease dis dis- easo ease promptly disappears particularly particularly particularly after aCter the tho physician pre prescribes a a. healing lotion or ointment or some other measure to aid healing and to protect the skin during during- tho the healing process In some cases In which the skin has bas seemed to ho bo especially irritable various arlous means lve 1 hee heel been attempted to decrease tho the irritation Among Amont these are aro application oC or ultraviolet rays to tho the point of or tanning and sometimes the tho use of oC Roentgen ray or Ol X-ray X to hasten the activity of the cells and to overcome tho the itch itch- In Ing Tho The relief afforded b by such m measures meas meas- ur urea ures s however er Is only temporary an and It is Important In e every ca cas cas- casto to determine the tho C cause and to remove tho the source of or irritation Human beings suffer with diseases which aro are transmitted Iron from animals directly or indirectly by Insects and b by other living InS species which carr carry tho the organisms re responsible re- re for tor setting up disturb disturb- ances Tho The human being also becomes infected from contact with germs g that aro are transmitted to him from other human beings who havo previously previously pre pre- b been en Infected All AJl men men aro are perhaps carriers o. of disease because they distribute dis- dis tribute about themselves organisms with which they the have havo been pre pre- re- re infected Tho The organisms may come como from the secretions of or tho the nose throat and mouth through coughing sneezing spitting and kissing through contamination with secre e re- re from tho the e eyes es such as may como come when ono one u us uses cs es a handkerchief or towel that has previously been beon used b by an nn person through contamination 1 rem c m tho the of the Intestines and of or the urinary tract and even from contact with Ol organisms that hat aro are on oil tho the human skin MANY W WI 3 OF TRANSFER These organisms are transferred from ono one person erson to another by di direct direct dl- dl reel contact by contamination from sewage food water air dust and dirt and b by contamination from towels and similar utensils 0 Finally a l. l human being may be bc bitten L by an insect which takes his Ills blood and later inoculates it into another human being beins- So far as the spread of or disease 1 Is concerned the human carrier constitutes a constant constant constant con con- stant menace Moreover mass activities of or mankind mankind man man- II kind such as attendance In tremendous tremendous tre tro- numbers on motion pictures pictures pic pie tures turcs ball lse-ball and football games gaines elevators apartments and office buildings tend to Increase contact with diseased persons OTHER DISEASE CARRIERS Among tho the diseases spread by se secretions secretions so- so from tho the nose and throat aro are streptococcal Infections pneumonia monia inonia septic sore throat meningitis meningitis' gitis gitis' diphtheria Infantile paralysis scarlet fever measles meales whooping cough coush mumps tho the common col cold Influenza tub tuberculosis and Vincent's Vincents Vincents Vincent's Vincents Vincent's Vin Vin- cents cent's angina Among AmonS' tho the diseases discuses of oC tho the eye Cyc transmitted arc aro pink eye CYC and antI gonorrhea The Tho intestinal disorders include typhoid d dysentery cholera Infection hookworm tapeworm pInworm and Many of or the th organisms maintain sp special cial locations In tho the bod body for example tho the typhoid organism in inthe tho the gall bladder and tho the various worms in the intestinal tract The Tho venereal l diseases es are spread b by contact with carriers who who have been previously Infected Organisms that live In the tho blood and that arc carried from ono one person person per per- son to another by insects injects ar are the tle of oC malaria carried by hy bythe bytho hythe the tho anopheles mosquito Other diseases c carried b by mosquitoes are dengue yellow fever fe TICKS SPREAD FEVER Th Tha tr of or sleeping sickness la Js carried by tho the tsetse fly T Typhus phul fever and trench fever arc transmitted hy by tho the louse house Bubonic plage i is carried by hy the tho flea flen Rocky mountain spotted fever is carried by a tick Other Insects suspected of or carrying disease but not absolutely absolutely incriminated include bed hed bedbugs bugs water bugs bus cockroaches and ants Among animal carriers of or disease are the tho dog and various wild animals ani ani- mats mals of o 0 the th dor do dog type which transmit h hydrophobia the the- cat cat which has been heen Incriminated with the tho transmissIon transmission trans trans- mission o of dH diphtheria the cow which b by the way of or it Ha Its meat ma may transmit various worms and b by byway way vay of or its Hs milk mUk tuberculosis septic sore throat thoat and undulant fever feer the sheep Is JH Incriminated with the transmission of anthrax the the- gout goat with malta fever lever various fish In fn connection with tapeworms the oyster with typhoid the hog ho with trIchina and various worms the rat with ith plague and fever tover the tle rabbit with tularemia and the parrot par- par rot ot at family amily with I psittacosis |