TUESDAY, THR DATLY RRITISH WHIG. APRIL 16, 1912 ~ DROWNING 4818 BURNS «4182 Tit In 4 ' re Wor J' Uo, T8122 the seu York Herald Co, All : F a. Slippery Ladder is the Direct Cause of 200,000 Accidents and 6,000 Deaths Annually in the United States, Devices to Make "It Reasonably Safe. -------- But it takes years to get a national | start toward accident prevention, es | > y i : 1 ' ~ yi oH BE FRbtnred 4 . EN Mi aven: pecially where accidents are regarded as| / Ss : * od it 1 quite unimportant. It takes a good many 5 = oh y / . 3 1 diaral haa years to educate workmen and empldyers h force Troma Behet SRcen a fo see the truths of their mutual relation- / 1 ~ Ne Y of Appeals in New York ship. Our American people are stupidly | 80 3 i | Ey La 3 That: Barmatt deters oe a slow In encouraging and supporting dis-| 7 \ fe {interested efforts for their own protection and betterment. { The Museum What is the most dangerous thing In the world? If you happen to be visiting in New York, nine chances in ten you will say dynamite or aero. plane. If you are a manufacturer or mill man you will say buzzsaw or flywheel. If you are familiar with insurance matters you will say the bit of fruit skin on the sidewalk or the falling brick. If you are a farmer you will say grade cwossing. If you are a woman of the home loving type you will say pistol or snake or sailboat. ant business woman you will say the revolving door or slippery pavement or. frankly, the sur reptitious dipner. If you are a physician you will say the pub- lic drinking cup or the corn razor. If you are ap old lady you will say the automobile in the hands of the joy rider. If you are an old gentleman. you will say the loose rug on the parquet floor And yau are all wrong. You might just as well have sald pin- tonic friendship, of a fiyer in Wall street, or the bunny hug dance, or the Black Hand, or-- widows. The dangerous thing in the world is a ladder. Graphic Chart of Accidental Deaths in U 8S tor One Year wnat mote ean much charged the a $40,000,000 is the ladder. Plate one estimate that the loss than sions m coutit of as well as ta In March, ovds of Eng eYery ployer of Liha Touse of 1 1910, the adders breaking flass wine than 85. 000.000 sunually . ating records value anid decided that Henig up an ordis Germany of superb In 1910, record of non-fatal, forestry the every shock © hid } ¥ ui 8 ry. I i {3 fron her % areful Wuose ary nnti esi ch ex- e even has accurate and tion fw » was nn suf 8, Ti rs in age tte has de : sn She fatal oe Canrt ¢ Qt If you are an observ- ty resnlr m mere fright or eived in the conrse of emp plovers gare ever f to bh os American the En-| city, is a incorpo recently . established of Safety. located in gineess' Building, New York | most praiseworthy attempt to ate into our civie life ideas which Lave i been worked out with fection from mate iS A won linary course of ¢ ts charges me, 11 shows d by falls the iders agri- dentaily, is far cred % to-day one of pation in the whom vn 10 400,000, dents than his / ) ov /i 4 . 3 ' 3 i ' man « i or i s often a pioneer Designs of Safety Ladders. | "dl [ 14 7, on f WHE ls oH td i $y, till tirtring the fords. tn " Sunes and All the world except America I / 4 i = i x k en that dangerous things ough 3% pide bright red, and Ir at A ay idea becomes general here, as it should. | a Mars will think we are suffering from a national hemorrhage. for we have some-| 2 HERE is } ily one safe, | thing like five million ladders this | 1 i | " a > : s Lead in Accidents. well behaved 1add er] Country which ought to be labeled dan- / A 7 in ; . i So re . 3k BY . ti | » akaver thi . on known to history. That|%erous with the fiery color That's 1} d . sel 80 four] rst step in sterilizing a ladder. { ope 'was geen Some . i Most of the adder acide yts come from thousand years ago. lt is ia foot (& t known as Jacob's Lad: wiippix feat der. But it was seen only in a dream, and . . it was being used only by angels. Which| facts would seem to offer little encourage} ment to mortals of to-day. who learn, then, may li d probably tdder on farms al of the wost expensive i injured and 432 kill ws during inl thinks w the ads srt ie 3 8 Ym tremendous success law eve covered ight to shows that in foreign countries for the past quarter of a century. It the support {of every spirited eitizen, { employer or employe, for its work is {service to Only by utilizing the | etperience of older countries can our own | {hope to catch up to them, and in important matters of industrial safety, ! | iygiene and eivie pr yours! i behind our foreign f = amizeted 2 ized, " chained gpl teud ali ot} oa y ident deserves ' ust 1 the useful bidding to publie whether lure a { hus been both, these ¢ ner, of most gress we are nis. haousey work HOW amed saw a ladder k Henching to the sky: What a chance to get to Heaven For folks who couldn't fiy! Climb up, ye littie children! dd fobs of i Shae x snd « t to be painted : t to be pain ustrin, Great n dole has $0 tell much the Indder, I Jond the world as usna in ive showing to the ww ladders or get close Anterienn rman Salety f« feat 1a Vy Device tor Feetof Ladder but Having Less Friction Than Rubber or Basswood Shoe beats the world sm IV as any other civ and : &0 the safety experts have which will not slip. One the Museum of Safety is ai of the German idea, having bass: | | wood thoes ereate friction, fastened a Wh Pilon the feet of the Inder. Where the haps for the first time, the dangers of the, co 000 001 on concrete or cement | ubiquitous ladder. floors a friction sole of In Germany, the home of Jacobs, | tuted for the wood sole the way, they have been paying spec inl nt- tention lately to the deadly ladder and| of it are shown in which it is slanted at} | ; a § oy 3 ; Ley its evil ways. The patiently studious, 4,00 of ninety degrees with a man! 4 \ J 2 3 J eanse him pean and injury Germans have a marvelious knack for at the top tung. The only York eit tackling some abstract subject. getting {of it is that the attachment of the shoes | Bn in a corner and, by some sort of third de-! 'may cause increase of lateral shakiness. | gree Inquisition, compelling it to reveal! Tw, other excellent patterns of safety | facts having direct and potent bearing on jadders are in use abroad. One has a shoe civie affairs. {into the bottom of which are set small] ith wn interest in vital ~tatistics [spikes and the other has a rubber ise set equalled by no other nation. a faculty foriinto the shoe. But here again the eriti i marshalling facts in logical order and! cism of a tendency to cause shakiness at} rare discernment concerning popular ithe foot of the ladder is made by the in-| rights. Germany is now Jeading the world ventive Yankee. Clever pri of stor} in matters relating to public safety, hy- {ladders are welcomed Ly the ) useam of Twe five | Safety. and there is reason to believe that glene and civic betterment. Twenty-five] e German statistical ex- Isteh an invention would make one of the Feats 430 SUE) bo t in the wilde roess of | biggest commercial successes of histors.Sowwewhar after the fashion of the firema I rae \ plarer prowling a m: 3 ; sd traces of, There aré something like two patents a scaling © who muzicipal reports Sincuv eee Bt DoE {day registered at the Patent Office in Wide-base Kifiel tower sort of ladder. po } i | £2 the malign influences being wroug y Washingtow having to do with ladders, and! feet that slip and that has his countrymen by the untamed and up- G bes the most inventive people of the wg ! chance to become wabbly In the feet, parently tamale ladder many ut {ought uct to have to import safety devices ;litted with non : top abd hooks t! gan col ecting and collating facts abo A very i and thoroughly effective tan Le used ar folded out of the the ladder. method of making almost any ladder reg. Hv hore pain and suffering and To-day she has enough direct evidence oye sora from slipping is to cut a see- death than all the fortunes lavished on to have every ladder ia the world burned! of rubber hose into short lengths apd Peace coul and Hag mansions at the stake and its inventor jailed for! securely fasten these pieces "lengthwis." Hog cholera investigation gets $100,000 of lite. Proof of contributory negligence by {over the full area of the feet of the ladder gle year, the users, which seems to be jearly ig. 4 device will not scratch even the here is shown, alone would save the inventor goo floor. and Is probably the cheapest Our safety from the fate of his invention. [insurance so far discovered by man, tention. : : There are more than 1,000,000 nov-fatal| For outdoor use, similar pieces of emery | P19 of the idle, accidents in the United States annvally.loloth or a section of the spiked metal Of this number more than 200000 are kuown as "cnt teasers" are excellent. It caused by ladders. The lndder causes one [is a good plan to cover the upper ends of! #fth of all the accidents which occur in the thy ladder with sections of rubber hose! too, Inited States. 8. | for a great proportion of the accidents There are mote than 60,000 deaths an- caused by laliders are due to the shipping nually in the United States caused by {of the top of the ladder where it has leaned! The subject of indemnity, accidents. Of this number more than 5.000 against some support. And all ladders surance aud responsibility looms large in are cansed by ladders. The ladder causes used out of dogrs, or for safety emergency the story of the ladder one-twelfth of all the deaths by acci|purpese, or for access to garrets or roofs. world is human fife dent occuring in the United States. anywhere fro ! devised | shown | copy Device tor Feetof Ladder Wooden Sho: with Flay, Smooth Woed- en Sole, Creat ing Great Fr nen globe the ratio Statisticians own hie to racy of theif fed States twice as slag is sobs This ladder is| that photographs ately to Britain th the in our in Great GOCurs from af « so safe slipping cupation times as many is Great nanny 1d one-half times njure Lines as many as Wé kill three t As miar 4 { ind death criticism | "= We New su averag lent tl every vent th of tl lors, or ne York city mor per day. One-twelf Hues are Himes as many ss An And we a of it, shamed used by lad ith per day in New of ladders The Economic Loss. economic loss Lorton? which e proud "like t ORE 0 reed less people eure occasioned by. a the dadder is directly re lmost passes belief. Mr. Fred-i ? : ¢ leading soft kn - United Stat nom Ingemous Practical Safety Shoe for Ladder Feet Ger- man Origin. A Heavy Rub- ber Ring, Set in Wooden Shoe, Has tne Advantage of Suction us Well as Friction. van, probably t insurance statistician of the . ' i a girder that the ity {rom u the tants renin tes net « ng under i 8 a the life of a male three hune ift nade. man m ies mechanical or manufac bre ve J n Fine . sé low reise on one foo with ries averages AM)_per year norma and calmly strike a mat wil the Any pindow cleaner ladder nomi " stare front up fact ad will not no and at will ividual ac tending foot heavy - as he st re hal fifteen Ra he In Mr. He to sixty-five. On t husis wihiman approves, but indiy 0 as United flip] reducing i the vad hie way, idual one-third, we against to grévent $20,000. the annual ee glass in a Br n the States occasioned by Aud go thumping adder is ¢ ncded ram of Safle heavy Now der acci way the shar line of CORRATY I fifty cent cares almost bring the ladder Statistical gen f Yale, dollars enees e broader respon 4 the iad- fty per to this the is that most these ch of the man, lents are une idents, in wh Lut i petivity funds in a =i subject tly which has utterly The hookworm thrives but the ladder s Istrongest and best of the indust fit At least paint a bright red daub op the ladder. down from the ancients which has entirely failed to civil Qur nations direc its cent prevention and at- the i I yo associated w ni n per funet hard to do wrong I vs (oo make it h safe. I ed the sitnat on of 3 t fulne Ot escaped 1 fulness would ih he cost of maintaining bim dur period of econva.escence, reach a $20,000 000 No the mic be companies work function ing the ol 1 ¥ i right tl back into decent repute i Cus » do gal is e Metal Feet gwith Blocks of Sott Rubber. an Austrian Safety Device uses li ke Professor Irving | of th rlects the ble lit ard t otal something over sher easy to be mt is here made of "Conn we say that # three b "i an done nually lost to the United States through accidents, sickness and death, one-half is German statisticians, after v searching investigation of 15,970 accel that fifty-three cent In many lines of industry United States it is a conservative to say that we could reduce the and which § ' hich inevitably a bale is uo win ' We uations re Bs sa as ios | It is one of the few things brought iviliz : ing fror lnes hold world's records for finan british Parlisment ing from illness meh return to preventible, rk 5 how in comme ang of human fe, Rs nd ? A mn ze Paying the Penalty. hasid FTY business' so » to do that w nang or » workmen to gnreasonable risk dents, reported per Naj tional more t leon, that wopderly Professor Seager, of Columbia Univer » avoidable ' ¢ of the leading statisticians in such that the apuna nntry doe to fatal $250,000,000. accident statement just ahont the mailers, estimates eco. estimate and Of \ } re " re Nawhere in 1} nomic less to this co lents the loss non-fatal aoe economic and property value i ¥ neeal » worl ro he they entail, seve per. cont ought to he equipped with hooks atithe fop ak highly as it is in the United Stures.| to meet (Courts of appeal, the world aver secidents is they entail, seventy-five per, een AIAUMBAAAAAN Concerning the Treatment of Chicken Pox It is not confined to any special parts of the body, It may begin and spreed at the sage time from the face, the trudk of the body or LAAVIAMVLWRWL BALA LL What the Doctors Say About Raynaud's Disease--F acts AYNAUD'S disease is a stravge 18 degrees centigrade, These accidents at, disease evolves is well affection which was more - par-. first ocour by attacks, then (he uier@nil- which produce it are ' ticularly studied by Dr. Raynaud, tence disappears and the troubles become! Angromicar y it is due Paris, in 1862. 'It is charse- continuous. : eg tof the sma.) ot > a symmetrical and sue- | In the second period the tinglings experi oyrounitios. la boarding schools partic id, in children who have differs the course of the disease may ho have 12 100s oconr Appears ln successive rashes wi, the causes a redouble care uo segregate for een days all establishmenls ariy, locturs mast their beeg vaccinated or Chicken pox, from tance and mk had smalipox 100 riod of from twelve wo 6ft essentially from smalipox its development. i : in arteries whics irfrigaie i the young paticuis la' the the limbs. A dozen and this voniraciicn : cessive mort.fication of the extrem: ities--the fingers, the toes and sometimes the ears and the nose. This disease, which is observed princit pt iy in adults of from eighteen to thirty years, often occurs at the age of forty and even at sixty-five and seventy. Ray naud's disease, which is the name usually | given to the affection, is known to all | doe and presents three periods in its which is generally inv a sin few days to a month, "| this is an operation which Jasis for several ergotism. enced at first give place 0 acute PRIBY. (houekit, fs provoked by 8 tetanic s and' the affected paris assome a hivid vie ithe nervous ystems which commands {let tint. The mortification is someliows®y bitty and the | preceded by the formation of vesicles which But aud. {burst, leaving an oleeration. The wort anization wo this 'fication is generally superficial and yrs there is ue om All timed, not exteuding deeper tian t si superficial layer of the skin, aud the uaiis "4% = tha. Jupaic Agi SpTuES. ido not always fall. But there are cases int carditia, diabetes and tuberculosis save which the entire phalange is attacked abd beet Biven us tie enusen, uf Ragraud's the mortified paris become as black as iseuse. op of local asphyxia of the ox coal. This second period, lasts for ten days iTemities. as it is often called. aad even more. { There is avotber cause which is often The elimination of the parts affected and brought inlo question, but about whieh the cieatrization velong to the third per' L Perhaps vot vuough has been said: this is And this cause was vers months When the mortification bas been marked in a patient, a judg: sixty-two very superficial. the ft part of the lingers years of age. whom [ bad under treat is the seat of whitish, parchmentlike ment. The extremities of his fiugers aud scars. The ends of the bugers assulie 4 toes became detached symmetrically after conical and pointed form. ln more serious presenting the different phases of evoln- sympethetic nerve what tefluence Is ths oadaoed question Precis that one peri leases an inflammatory furrow forms at tion which I have described. 1 was great- the base of the mortified part and is the ly perplexed' but ended by Jearning thai seat of a suppurstion which favors the this patiens had for a number of yeirs fall of the part affected. {used rye bread exclusively, and 1 bave Tu a few exceptional cases the lesion isievery redson to believe that this bread pot limited to the extremity of 'the fingers | was made with flour damaged by ergo and = toes It also aitacks the ears! Jt is far Crom wy thoughts te enteriaiu | the Relief that ergotisw iy the only factor. 8 #an SAS shagt Spotiss ire pro fucts like!) the Hing of provoke ihe 1 Wl S31 ti Pa the Oise thetic nerve, amd Gaseg erly cause srierses ularly of meat nation, inxs ng tables and cooked fruits be ta {a Bod green Befare each repast it wil well & take a pull cotiposed of five centigranimes { of owe cen- ser of of Wchiloriydrate of « minine, oiine and of extr ent gaan Liars t ewchoun, 0 8 sul a pill. Te these onic substances the ergo- tive will add bis action of diluting the ves: sols when taken fu small doses, These pills should be taken for a week aud then should be changed for another-- ten drops of tincture of Riclieria grandis in a lithe water, 10 Ge meals. This tincture a° the same time acts as an and Jilates the vessels aoa "% 8S is asosl ai this peripd of the year, chicken pox or vaviecila is now prevuient in placer where children | are numeIous. ty uke taken at aperalive Their task in ail the pitied to their charge circumstances is reodeved Cithe ult the fact that chicken pax often appears without any very ticeable Very often it is au acegmpanied by fever, and many affected { that because of a fow pimple: scattered bere and there over the body they wust be kept apart from their fellows, tues. mors by noe sym ms surprised y it are is an affection almost es ® to children, in whom i indy be chserved from their first year, al- though it is especially frequent from the azes of two to six It appears often in the ep.demical form aud spreads by cou tagion Some doctors are inclined sto regard variella as a very srienngfly form of smallpox, hence the name chicken pox, by which it is popularly known. This opinion is based merely ou the analogy between the two types of skin eruptions (and the coincidence sometimes observed between two epidemics of smalipox and chicken pox. Bat the theory falls on eco- sidering that on the ome band chicken! pox offers vo safeguard against infection After a period of incubation extending over a fortmight pos apparent by such symptoms chicken becotnes as saght extreme fatigne and a general but not very intense condition of fever, In less than twenty-four hours small pink shiveriag, spots will appear on the skin, and these g after a few hours are topped by a vesicle, and the next day the whole rash shows 4 vesiculons appearance. The vesicles are sometimes small and pointed, sometimes more voluminous and globular in form; they may attain several millindtres in diameter. They are filled with a Jimpid or a slightly yellowish Hquid. Their base is someth surrounded by an inflammatory ring. y the third day the contents of the vesicle has become thicker spd tends to become purulent. Ou the "Hourth day desiccation commences, acd the vesicles shrivel and ¢brink In and form (small, brownish scabs, which fall sbout the eighth day. Frequently the child will 'seratch them off with the Sanger nails be | uiples may be seen vn Hula or even ten may be visitde the next day, and so on for several days in succes sibn If the intestines are sluggish they may be stimulated by administering a few rams of castor oik. It is advisable to make the patient rinse his mouth two or thr {mes a day with a dentifric. to which may be added a whole or balf a teaspoonful of oxygenated water at twelve volumes. It is also weil 10 apply a lotion around the ¢yés and the face, consisting of 2 per cent. boric acid ig the first day, times as many with the chill taken off. Finally, in or to prevent the child scratching the so and the consequent danger of inoculation by the finger nails, it is a good practice to rub a small amount of vaseline over the itching parts wod to sprinkle them with a soothing powder, composed, for instance, of 00 grams of starch powder, 15 grams of zinc oxide powder and 2 grams of powdered camphor, the whois fore they are entirely desiccated. The! perfumed with two or three drops of es 'vesicles jeave small reddist spots, which generally disappear gradually, almost al ways without leaving 8 sear. sence of vervain. The child, of course, should not be al lowed to rejoin his playmates without Although this is esses | by smallpox and does not prevent the of | An eraption of chicken pox does pot havipg kad a good bath, snd his clothe Sacer i thejsialy o ign dsr eth i emlseisly Seets of NAschattion, Aad oil the ila: husst gut all wees dhe body at aes, dut/must Juve bees compieialy disiutonied,