The Ladder Danger Predicted by German Safety Study
A provocative 1910s essay argues the most dangerous thing is a ladder. It cites German safety research linking ladders to over 200,000 U.S. injuries yearly and more than 5,000 deaths. It notes the American Museum of Safety and helmeted designs to reduce slips, urging widespread labeling and safer ladders nationwide.
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A Call to Safer Ladders In Hazardous Work
A historical plea argues ladders cause most industrial accidents and deaths, urging universal safety measures and compulsory insurance. It cites New Yorks 3500 annual ladder deaths, Germany’s precise data, and claims half of U S accidents are preventable with better prevention and care.
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What Doctors Say About Raynaud and Chicken Pox Treatments
Curative notes discuss Raynaud's disease with three stages from pale numbness to gangrene in extremities, possible ergotism link, diet changes, and tonic pills. Chicken pox described as a child illness spreading contagiously with incubation, vesicular rash, staged eruption, care including mouth rinses, baths, antiseptic lotions, and preventing scratching to avoid infection.
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