Atlas and epitome of diseases caused by accidents / by Dr. Ed. Golebiewski ... authorized translation from the German, with editorial notes and additions by Pearce Bailey ... 40 colored plates, and 143 illustrations in black.

  • Golebiewski, Ed. (Eduard)
Date:
1900
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Credit: Atlas and epitome of diseases caused by accidents / by Dr. Ed. Golebiewski ... authorized translation from the German, with editorial notes and additions by Pearce Bailey ... 40 colored plates, and 143 illustrations in black. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    So far 118 the writer is iiware, Germany, by the passage of the hiw insuring- workmen against injury, is the only country which has attempted to deal comprehensiycly with the problems inyolyed. An epitome of this law is as follows : Workmen and em})loyees, with the exception of those of commercial, of domestic, and of a few t)ther callings, whose annual wages do not exceed 2000 marks, are in- sured against accidents incident to their vari(jus occupa- tions. Such persons, injured during their work, are en- titled to free medical treatment, and, from the fourteenth week after the accident, to an indemnity of two-thirds of their wages, payable monthly. This applies only to acci- dents occurring at the time of working ; it does not include industrial diseases. But all preexisting diseases which are brought into activity or whose course is hastened by such an accident must be indemnified under the law. In case of the death of the workman, the widow is entitled to burial expenses, and to full indemnity for herself and her children until the latter attain the- ao-e of fifteen years. The insurance to the employees is given and the indenmity paid by the •'Berufsgenossenschaft—that is, by an association of the employers of the various trades. The establishment of tlie amount of indemnity is usually based ujion a medical certificate and fixed by the Berufsgenossenschaft. The injured workman may appeal from this. If, after settlement, an important change in the injured person's condition takes place, the indemnity may be re- adjusted, either to the advantage of the workman or to that of the employers. The amount of indemnity is graded in accordance with the disability. In cases of total disability the full amount is paid ; when the disability is ])artial, only a part of the amount. If the workman is (lisal)led for his special occu- pation, but can support himself, though not so well, at
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