Industrial Poisoning, by Dr. J. Rambousek, translated by Thomas M. Legge

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Author

Josef Rambousek

Title

Industrial Poisoning from Fumes, Gases and Poisons of Manufacturing Processes

Credits

Produced by Suzanne Lybarger, Brian Janes and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Language

English

Subject

Poisons

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 60605

Release Date

November 1, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.INTRODUCTION — INDUSTRIAL POISONING
5. 5.PART I DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRIES AND PROCESSES ATTENDED WITH RISK OF POISONING; INCIDENCE OF SUCH POISONING — I. THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY — GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS AS TO INCIDENCE OF INDUSTRIAL POISONING — SULPHURIC ACID (SULPHUR DIOXIDE) — HYDROCHLORIC ACID, SALTCAKE, AND SODA — USE OF SULPHATE AND SULPHIDE — CHLORINE, CHLORIDE OF CALCIUM, AND CHLORATES — OTHER CHLORINE COMPOUNDS. BROMINE, IODINE, AND FLUORINE — Organic Chlorine Compounds — NITRIC ACID. — Nitric and Nitrous Salts and Compounds — Explosives — PHOSPHORUS AND PHOSPHORUS MATCHES — CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS AND THEIR USES — MANGANESE COMPOUNDS — PETROLEUM — SULPHUR — SULPHURETTED HYDROGEN GAS — CARBON BISULPHIDE — ILLUMINATING GAS — COKE OVENS — Other Kinds of Power and Illuminating Gas — AMMONIA AND AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS — CYANOGEN COMPOUNDS — COAL TAR AND TAR PRODUCTS — II. SMELTING OF METALS — LEAD (ZINC, SILVER) — MANUFACTURE OF ELECTRIC ACCUMULATORS — THE CERAMIC INDUSTRY — LETTERPRESS PRINTING, ETC. — VARIOUS BRANCHES OF INDUSTRY — MERCURY — ARSENIC — ANTIMONY — IRON — ZINC — COPPER: BRASS — III. OCCURRENCE OF INDUSTRIAL POISONING IN VARIOUS INDUSTRIES — TREATMENT OF STONE AND EARTHS — TREATMENT OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS — PREPARATION OF VEGETABLE FOOD STUFFS AND THE LIKE — WOOD WORKING — TEXTILE INDUSTRY
6. 6.PART II THE SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT OF INDUSTRIAL POISONING — I. INTRODUCTORY — GENERAL REMARKS ON THE TREATMENT OF INDUSTRIAL POISONINGS — II. INDUSTRIAL POISONING IN PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES — GROUP: MINERAL ACIDS, HALOGENS, INORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS, ALKALIS — GROUP: METALS AND METAL-COMPOUNDS — GROUP: ARSENIC, PHOSPHORUS — GROUP: SULPHURETTED HYDROGEN, CARBON BISULPHIDE, AND CYANOGEN (NERVE POISONS) — GROUP: ARSENIURETTED HYDROGEN AND CARBONIC OXIDE (BLOOD POISONS) — GROUP: HYDROCARBONS OF THE ALIPHATIC AND AROMATIC SERIES AND THEIR HALOGEN AND HYDROXYL SUBSTITUTION PRODUCTS — GROUP: NITRO AND AMIDO COMPOUNDS OF THE ALIPHATIC AND AROMATIC SERIES (BLOOD POISONS WHICH FORM METHÆMOGLOBIN) — APPENDIX TURPENTINE, PYRIDINE BASES, ALKALOIDS
7. 7.PART III PREVENTIVE MEASURES AGAINST INDUSTRIAL POISONING — I GENERAL MEASURES — II GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ON SOCIAL AND LEGISLATIVE MEASURES — INTERNATIONAL PREVENTIVE MEASURES, NOTIFICATION OF INDUSTRIAL POISONING, LISTS AND SCHEDULES OF INDUSTRIAL POISONS — III SPECIAL PREVENTIVE MEASURES FOR WORKERS — SELECTION, CHOICE OF TRADE, ALTERNATION OF EMPLOYMENT, MEDICAL CONTROL, SAFETY APPLIANCES, INSTRUCTION AND CO-OPERATION OF WORKERS, CLOTHING, ATTENTION TO CLEANLINESS, FOOD, GENERAL WELFARE — IV GENERAL REMARKS ON PREVENTIVE MEASURES — GENERAL PRINCIPLES, SUBSTITUTES FOR DANGEROUS MATERIALS, CLEANLINESS OF WORKROOMS, CUBIC SPACE, VENTILATION, REMOVAL OF DUST AND FUMES — V PREVENTIVE REGULATIONS FOR CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES — Sulphuric Acid Industry — Hydrochloric Acid—Saltcake and Soda Industries — Chlorine, Bleaching Powder, Chlorine Compounds — Nitric Acid and Explosives — Artificial Manures, Fertilizers — Preparation of Hydrofluoric Acid — Chromium Compounds — Petroleum, Benzine — Phosphorus, Lucifer Matches — Carbon bisulphide — Illuminating Gas Industry. Production of Tar and Coke — Gas Motors (Power Gas Stations) — Acetylene Gas Installations — Distribution and Use of Power and Illuminating Gas — Ammonia — Cyanogen, Cyanogen Compounds — Coal Tar, Tar Products — Gassing — Organic Dye-stuffs, Coal-Tar Colours. — VI PREVENTIVE REGULATIONS—THE EXTRACTION OF METALS (SMELTING WORK IN GENERAL) — Iron — Lead — Zinc, Brass-casting, Metal Pickling, Galvanising — Recovery and Use of Mercury — Arsenic, Arsenic Compounds, Arseniuretted Hydrogen — Extraction and Use of Gold and Silver — VII PREVENTIVE MEASURES IN OTHER TRADES — Ceramic Industry — Manufacture and Use of Varnishes and Drying Oils — Production of Vegetable Foods and Luxuries — Cigar Industry — Wood Working — Production of Wood-pulp (Cellulose) and Paper. — Textile Industries. — Dye Works
8. 8.FOOTNOTES
9. 9.APPENDIX REFERENCES — PART I Processes of Manufacture and Instances of Poisoning — General Survey of Poisoning in Chemical Industries — Sulphuric Acid Industry — Hydrochloric Acid and Saltcake Manufacture — Chlorine and Bleaching Powder — Manufacture and Use of Nitric Acid and its Compounds — Phosphorus and Lucifer Match Manufacture — Chromium Compounds — Manganese Compounds — Petroleum and Benzine Industry — Sulphuretted Hydrogen Gas — Carbon Bisulphide — Illuminating Gas — Coke Ovens — Power Gas, Suction Gas, &c. — Ammonia — Cyanogen Compounds — Tar and its Derivatives — Coal Tar Colours — Ferro-silicon — Lead and its Compounds — Mercury and its Compounds — Arsenic and its Compounds — Antimony — Brass — PART II Pathology and Treatment — Oxygen Inhalation in Industrial Poisoning — Hydrofluoric Acid Poisoning — Sulphuric Acid and Sulphur Dioxide — Nitric Acid and Nitrous Fumes — Chlorine, Bromine, and Iodine — Chlorides of Phosphorus — Chloride of Sulphur — Ammonia — Lead Poisoning — General Literature on Pathology and Treatment of Lead Poisoning — Literature on Blood Changes in Lead Poisoning — Literature on Changes in Metabolism in Lead Poisoning — Literature on Toxicity of Various Lead Compounds — Zinc — Mercury — Manganese — Chromium — Nickel — Nickel Carbonyl — Silver (Argyria) — Arsenic — Phosphorus — Phosphoretted Hydrogen — Hydrogen Sulphide — Carbon Bisulphide — Cyanogen and Cyanogen Compounds (Prussic Acid, &c.) — Arseniuretted Hydrogen Gas — Carbonic Oxide — Carbon Oxychloride (Phosgene Gas) — Carbon Dioxide — Petroleum, Benzine, &c. — Benzene — Halogen Substitution Products of the Aliphatic Hydrocarbons (Narcotics) — Halogen Substitution Products of the Benzene Series (Chlorbenzene, &c.). — Hydroxyl Substitution Products of the Aliphatic Series (Alcohols) — Nitro and Amido Derivatives of Benzene (Nitrobenzene, Aniline, &c.) — Turpentine — Pyridene — Tobacco, Nicotine — PART III Preventive Measures — General Measures (Notification, Lists of Poisonous Substances, &c.) — Sulphuric Acid Industry — Petroleum, Benzine — Carbon Bisulphide — Illuminating Gas — Coal Tar Colours (Aniline Factories) — Lead (General) — Lead Smelting — Paints and Colour Factories — Electric Accumulator Factories — Letterpress Printing — Filecutting — Zinc Smelting — Mercury — Arsenic
10. 10.INDEX

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