Anthrax as an Occupational Disease (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 Excerpt: ...40, and 40 c. c, on May 12, 13, and 14, respectively. The patient died after an illness of three weeks. He had been employed as a teamster and handled bales of sun-dried goatskins from India, China, and South America. No. 184, of Boston, Mass., died at the age of 53, on June 2, 1917, of " anthrax." He was a currier in a tannery that used raw hides imported from China. The lesion, which was on the back of the neck, was excised. Anthrax bacilli were found. Serum was also used. He was ill 5 days, and died in a hospital. No. 185, of Manchester, N. H., died at the age of 48, on June 6, 1917, of "anthrax--chronic alcoholism." While working as a steam fitter in a tannery where dry China hides were being used, he scratched his left fourth finger. He went to the factory hospital, where he was treated for an ordinary infection. On the night of June 6, three days after infection had set in, he went into a state of coma and was taken to a hospital. A smear was taken before death occurred, and anthrax bacilli were identified microscopically. Serum was available but it was too late to use it. No. 186, of Bow Creek, Kans., died at the age of 58, on June 12, 1917, of "anthrax infection left cheek." "Infection appeared on left cheek, spread to involve entire cheek, eye socket, portion of neck." The victim was a farmer and stockman who treated his own and his neighbors' stock. He had treated a horse that died of a severe infection 10 days before his first symptoms appeared. He treated himself with local antiseptics until two days before his death. At that time, the physician states, it was too late to use serum, had any been available. Twenty-two days elapsed between the time the first symptoms appeared;ind the man's death. Anthrax bac...