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Page 137 - maybe it couldn't," but he would be one Who wouldn't say so till he'd tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn't be done, and he did it. Somebody scoffed : "Oh, you'll never do that ; At least no one ever has done it...
Page 308 - The physician in industry is one who applies the principles of modern medicine and surgery to the industrial worker, sick or well, supplementing the remedial agencies of medicine by the sound application of hygiene, sanitation, and accident prevention, and who, in addition, has an adequate and co-operative appreciation of the social, economic and administrative problems and responsibilities of industry in its relation to society.
Page 137 - Oh, you'll never do that; At least no one ever has done it." But he took off his coat and he took off his hat, And the first thing we knew he'd begun it. With...
Page 143 - I'd like to think when life is done That I had filled a needed post, That here and there I'd paid my fare With more than idle talk and boast; That I had taken gifts divine, The breath of life and manhood fine, And tried to use them now and then In service for my fellow men.
Page 895 - ... and analgesia; acceleration of the heart's action, nausea, vomiting, colic, alternate diarrhea and constipation, the latter condition prevailing in the later stages of the disease; emaciation; disturbance of the sense of vision, sometimes transient, but rare in the initial stage; retrobulbar neuritis, choroiditis, central scotoma; disturbances of the senses of smell and taste.
Page 108 - ... cities that 66 per cent of them had defective vision of such a degree as to warrant the wearing of glasses. Quite recently the examination of more than ten thousand employees in factories and commercial houses showed that 53 per cent had uncorrected faulty vision, 13 per cent had defects which were corrected, making a total of 66 per cent with defective eyes. These two surveys were made under different auspices several years apart. The figures are startling. They mean that a very large majority...
Page 143 - A useless kind, that leaves behind No record in this vale of tears; That I had wasted all my days By treading only selfish ways, And that this world would be the same If it had never known my name. I'd like to think that here and there, When I am gone, there shall remain A happier spot that might have not Existed had I toiled for gain ; That...
Page 140 - If we ever start in teachin' to our children, year by year, How to live with one another, there'll be less o' trouble here. If we'd teach 'em how to neighbor an' to walk in honor's ways, We could settle every problem which the mind o' man can raise. What we're needin' isn't systems or some regulatin' plan, But a bigger an' a finer an' a truer type o
Page 895 - ... nervous system. With the inhalation of concentrated vapor there is a fatal result in a few minutes. Chronic Poisoning: The earliest symptoms (first becoming manifest, sometimes after employment for a few weeks, but, for the most part, after months or even years) are headache, extending from the root of the nose to the temples, a sensation of giddiness and stupefaction, particularly at evening after the close of labor; later, pain in the extremities, muscular weakness with trembling, spasms or...
Page 138 - Before we take an auto ride pa says to ma: "My dear, Now just remember I don't need suggestions from the rear. If you will just sit still back there and hold in check your fright, I'll take you where you want to go and get you back all right. Remember that my hearing's good and also I'm not blind, And I can drive this car without suggestions from behind.