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When I talked to my medical friends about the strange silence on this subject in American medical magazines and textbooks, I gained the impression that here was a subject tainted with Socialism or with feminine sentimentality for the poor.

When I talked to my medical friends about the strange silence on this subject in American medical magazines and textbooks, I gained the impression that here was a subject tainted with Socialism or with feminine sentimentality for the poor.


Alice Hamilton  Alice Hamilton
Tags: Silence  Medical  American  Socialism   

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Alice Hamilton (February 27, 1869[3] – September 22, 1970) was an American physician, research scientist, and author who is best known as a leading expert in the field of occupational health and a pioneer in the field of industrial toxicology.

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There can be no intelligent control of the lead danger in industry unless it is based on the principle of keeping the air clear from dust and fumes.

    Alice Hamilton  Alice Hamilton   
 Tags: Control Intelligent Air Danger Clear
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From the first I became convinced that what I must look for was lead dust and lead fumes, that men were poisoned by breathing poisoned air, not by handling their food with unwashed hands.

    Alice Hamilton  Alice Hamilton   
 Tags: Food Men Hands Look Breathing Air
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It was easy to present figures demonstrating the contrast between lead work in the United States under conditions of neglect and ignorance, and comparable work in England and Germany, under intelligent control.

    Alice Hamilton  Alice Hamilton   
 Tags: Work Ignorance Control Easy Present
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No young doctor nowadays can hope for work as exciting and rewarding.

    Alice Hamilton  Alice Hamilton   
 Tags: Work Hope Doctor Young Exciting
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It was also my experience at Hull-House that aroused my interest in industrial diseases.

    Alice Hamilton  Alice Hamilton   
 Tags: Experience Interest Industrial Also
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Everything I discovered was new and most of it was really valuable.

    Alice Hamilton  Alice Hamilton   
 Tags: New Everything Most Valuable Really
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Illinois then had no legislation providing compensation for accident or disease caused by occupation.

    Alice Hamilton  Alice Hamilton   
 Tags: Disease Compensation Then Accident
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When I talked to my medical friends about the strange silence on this subject in American medical magazines and textbooks, I gained the impression that here was a subject tainted with Socialism or with feminine sentimentality for the poor.

    Alice Hamilton  Alice Hamilton   
 Tags: Silence Medical American Socialism
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