The science of labour and its organization / by Josefa Ioteyko.

  • Józefa Joteyko
Date:
1919
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    IV. Pathological Methods.—These consist in studying pathogenic effects of over-work ; loss of weight, arrested growth, deviations, malforma¬ tions, industrial maladies. V. Investigations and interrogations.—We would call attention to the interesting investigations made by Bloch (of Paris) on the subject of industrial fatigue. The author propounded the following question to different artisans ; When you have been very busy, whereabouts do you feel fatigue ? The answers, at first sight, seem very paradoxical ; we select a few examples. The baker, who had been kneading all night, leaning over and mixing the heavy mass of dough, complained of fatigue in his legs. The black¬ smith, who strikes the anvil, does not complain of tired arms or shoulders, but of his back and loins. The road-mender working with his pick is tired in the legs. The shoemaker, who strikes with a hammer, complains of his loins and abdominal muscles. The young soldier, after a march, is chiefly tired in the nape of the neck, even though he has not carried a haversack. The inexperi¬ enced violinist complains of a distressing strain at the back of the neck ; whilst the accomplished artist wails over a numbness of the left hand which lie has held contracted upon the finger-
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