Phossy jaw, formally known as phosphorus necrosis of the jaw, was an occupational disease affecting those who worked with white phosphorus (also known... 13 KB (1,540 words) - 13:59, 3 February 2024 |
consuming radium-laden patent medicines. The condition is similar to phossy jaw, an osteoporotic and osteonecrotic illness of matchgirls, brought on by... 6 KB (670 words) - 05:39, 29 November 2023 |
in the manufacture of the new phosphorus matches were afflicted with phossy jaw and other bone disorders, and there was enough white phosphorus in one... 38 KB (4,556 words) - 12:06, 20 March 2024 |
that led to the London matchgirls strike of 1888 and the scandal of "phossy jaw". Swedish Match owns the registered Bryant & May trade name alongside... 23 KB (2,346 words) - 15:23, 28 January 2024 |
and May factory in Bow, London, with strong references to the condition Phossy jaw and the political climate of the era. After out-of-town tryouts in Leatherhead... 4 KB (426 words) - 20:38, 9 May 2023 |
include: Phossy jaw among the London matchgirls Radiation sickness among some persons who had been working in the nuclear industry Radium jaw among the... 13 KB (1,529 words) - 13:06, 5 March 2024 |
severe health complications of working with white phosphorus, such as phossy jaw. This led to the establishment of the first British trade union for women... 8 KB (922 words) - 10:34, 3 October 2023 |
fume fever Mule spinners' cancer Noise-induced hearing loss Phossy jaw Pneumoconiosis Radium jaw Repetitive strain injury Silicosis Silo-filler's disease... 9 KB (1,119 words) - 16:16, 18 March 2024 |
were very poorly paid, and subject to occupational disease, such as Phossy jaw caused by the chemicals used in match manufacture. Louise Raw in Striking... 69 KB (7,976 words) - 20:54, 20 March 2024 |
in black, sort of like Scottish widows", inspired by sufferers of the Phossy jaw condition. The episode was specially written for mother and daughter Diana... 24 KB (2,370 words) - 10:51, 22 January 2024 |
The background to the treaty was the extensive medical problems such as phossy jaw facing workers in match production. The treaty was concluded on 26 September... 5 KB (240 words) - 16:05, 19 March 2024 |
producing matches, inhalation of the vapors caused a condition known as phossy jaw, where the bones of workers dissolved in their faces. The primary theme... 18 KB (2,386 words) - 16:14, 24 December 2023 |
fume fever Mule spinners' cancer Noise-induced hearing loss Phossy jaw Pneumoconiosis Radium jaw Repetitive strain injury Silicosis Silo-filler's disease... 63 KB (7,262 words) - 20:10, 19 March 2024 |
health complications of working with yellow (or white) phosphorus, such as phossy jaw. 1888 (United States) United States enacted first federal labor relations... 115 KB (11,708 words) - 20:22, 11 March 2024 |
fume fever Mule spinners' cancer Noise-induced hearing loss Phossy jaw Pneumoconiosis Radium jaw Repetitive strain injury Silicosis Silo-filler's disease... 15 KB (1,364 words) - 08:35, 8 October 2023 |
fume fever Mule spinners' cancer Noise-induced hearing loss Phossy jaw Pneumoconiosis Radium jaw Repetitive strain injury Silicosis Silo-filler's disease... 75 KB (8,555 words) - 20:31, 31 January 2024 |
fume fever Mule spinners' cancer Noise-induced hearing loss Phossy jaw Pneumoconiosis Radium jaw Repetitive strain injury Silicosis Silo-filler's disease... 46 KB (4,903 words) - 15:46, 11 March 2024 |
World War I. White phosphorus was poisonous to match makers, causing Phossy jaw. Albright and Wilson exhibited amorphous phosphorus at the Great Exhibition... 14 KB (1,810 words) - 06:37, 19 July 2023 |
fume fever Mule spinners' cancer Noise-induced hearing loss Phossy jaw Pneumoconiosis Radium jaw Repetitive strain injury Silicosis Silo-filler's disease... 14 KB (1,530 words) - 07:35, 20 March 2024 |
to protect women from industrial injuries such as lead poisoning and phossy jaw. In 1908 she was described in The Woman Worker newspaper as "the power... 9 KB (862 words) - 04:59, 6 January 2024 |