Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-04-23 | Page 6 | Dr. Fishbein's Health Talks

Dir Dr Fishbein's I Health Talks Dy By DR MORRIS FISHBEIN Whatever your our o occupation cu atlon you OU should be sure sure to treat trea e every ery cut scratch or abrasion sustained in your I work with suitable antiseptics such a as iodine to prevent infection Workers who handle hides and ani mal hair are arc constantly exposed to Infection with anthrax Others who are exposed to X-raya X ns as those in watch factories and to ultraviolet or infrared rays also alre are re liable Hable to diseases dis dis- eases peculiar to their jobs Anthrax be begins ins as a malignant pu pus tule an inflamed pimple or a boil which becomes hard has a purple center and a deep red zone around It Gradually this breaks down and dia charges a thIck bloody material and eventually may even become gangrene ous The lymph glands In the neighborhood neighborhood neighbor neighbor- hood swell and the veins become Sn- Sn flamed Associated with this there may be general weakness including chillIness o of appetite vomiting and a high fever Anthrax is a dan dangerous erous dl disease and workers with hides must do every every- thing possible to prevent infection on Foreign skins skiM or hair should never be carried on the unprotected der All hides and animal hair should be thoroughly sterilized Workers should wash their hands frequently in antiseptic solutions and those who sort hair should wear breathing devices to prevent inhalation tion Among the most serious of oC the occupational OCr oc- diseases recently developed devel are arc those associated with the use of radium the ray Xray and various radio active substances Exposure to Xray and to the emanations from radium may produce produce pro pro- duce serious burns and irritation of the skirt skIn which result let in cancer They also affect the blood and the forming blood or organs ans seriously so that deficiencies of both the red and white blood cells are arc exceedingly common In watch factories who prepare the luminous dials have sus tamed generalized radium poisoning with disastrous results Workers must learn leam to protect themselves against these hazards first by suitable screening against the rays through wearing aprons and gloves infiltrated with lead Brushes for radium painting should never be pointed with the mouth or lips Another type ot of radIant energy which may produce damage to the human body is that associated with ultraviolet and infrared rays These are arc occupational hazards particularly in welding and cutting The ultraviolet rays ras are Invisible They cause intense irritation of the eyes and burning of the skin Sun blindness and desert blindness represent sent the type of Injury that can b be caused to the eye by ultraviolet rays The infrared rays are essentially heat rays and can cause all the damage dam dam- age that heat of Intensity applied to the human body can cause in other ways was Workers around ultravIolet or In In- red fra rays ras may protect themselves by b- wearing goggles helmets shields and masks equipped with colored lenses especially designed to exclude dangerous rays ras