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FILE NAME: Metropolitan Life (ML) DATE: 1928 DOC#: ML236 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: "Picher Clinic" 7* T Dr. ARMSTRONG . ASSISTANT SEOBRAST fa t* Jc* ~ i j U*+*~9 f a f f J f+y-& 9<C LUtf~(*Lu~iC c^ - Ifir ITM-4I % Fiora cune Go t# 117 of tha "Iwrd rele* sia* of th orld, la Camoda, Australia or th Quitad States, th South Afrlsaa lead or tha "big hiU" la Botto Boatta*, ad etah theuaaada of latro geiag to tho lata vhore gallava frsao ad aia* bottooo, akelotoa-llko'strueturoe, atoad arar oll-lik# ohaftc} ttoh thoa eator tho cagaa vbloh drap haadrodo, ooaotlaoo thousaads f foot ador gaaad, ad follo* tbea to tho topos ad reisoo odiar* th*y oxtroet gold, load, ciao or coppor frea th vela* of ore thot tbroed tho *rth Soac of tho alaoro alk olevly, honit"tingi/, ad oaoo la hilo, thy stop for a roat. Tboso ere tho aea vheeo longo hv* booa "dosted*. fhoy bave "ala*r*s eoa*, "silieoeio* 0 tho doetoro oall lt, beota of tho ilio la tho dust. So m of thooo ata too, hv* tuberculosis ea all* Tho aiaora arie la dusty ttaoopboro, far lt la hard to Tentilato underground, aad hard rock dust rltoo fre bltatiag, shovollag aad bottldar poppiag. Mach of thie .duat la ceotrolled by otar, whieb la usad la drllliag ad la votting deas aaak piles lahollag tho tiay portieloa of siile dast njuro* tho lungo, vhieh, irritateci, lafloMd ad lajurod bgr tho hard rock daet, booeao flbrald. A ear-liko tlssuo dorolops ofaleh boa aeao of tho aerati olostlelty. of tho laagt . Breothlag lo iapalrod, and oa tho diresse atteks both laago, thoro la graduai lowering of vital poaor* ,Shortaoss of broath, eoughiag, loas of tight ead o&kBoot eut lato a asa*s oapeeity of vork boa *alaor*s eoa* or slliaosla attaeks hla. "Binar1a 00* la aot iafaetioua, sor la lt oontaglena Zt earrios a graat aonooo, howoror, boesuso of tho iajured luag, togother ith looarod vitell-ty la tho hala body, afforda aa idotl eeaditioa for tho dovolopoont of - 2- tuberculosis. It ii 11 known that in with dusted long* *.ri unuauwlly susceptible to tuberculosis. Stoen this happens, act only la the miner thretnad 1th early dacth, or at laaat m n hopalaaa future, hut ho la a source of daagar to others, hla ftllov-workera, hie frally and tha couaunlty. This infection la i footer of ' print importance to the health and hygiene of the naaannltj Iha hisards la hard rock alnaa re am groat that has e worker anta insurance ha paya extra for itt pago 891 of the Metropolitan te book talla the story -- "Joplin, Vo* led and sine alnaa, sheet ground miners| apa8l-i Claaa Bj no disability, no double indsanity." Several yeara ago tht operators in this partillar section, which canters around Pleher, Okie*, and extends up to Joplla, Mo. nade a study of Group laauraneo. One clause appoalad to than particularly, considering the can dltioaa they faoad lu the elnlag ladustiy In the Joplin aeotor. Group insurance could be bought without a medical exaaln*tlou, regardless of aga. Many operators bought Group insurance, oouselous of the faot that Group pelletas gara the nlnera a necessity which coat so each under ordinary olrsuaateaees they caalda't buy ns aucb protection as they needed* inether thing that wppenled to the Joplin operators was the effective work the Metropolitan had dona along linea of hat1th ant sanitation. Many cf tbs operators bought Metropolitan Group insurance and about a year ago the Metropolitan initiated a apela! health aerrioe, a cooperative experiment atollar in ala to other investigations nado bar the Company in Fraeingh** wad la the Thetferd Minen* About a year ago the FolicyhoMers* Service Bureau learned the United States Bureau of Minos would ba Interested in expanding the Bureau of Mines cllnlo in Fieber and in asking a acre intensiva study of health conditions/ o th Saltad Stet Burea. of Klaas th Metropolitan, ad tha perneara Im tha Tri-Stat reglen combinad ferons aal alargad th acistlag slinio. As aaay of tha oparatiag alaos ia tha lsad and also flcid vhish cantara aroomd Fichar Okl., *taadlng ap ta Joplla, Ko. and Baxtar Springs, Isa* ra esvarad by Grsep policios, th Coapaay na vitally iatarastad ia r eeoauaity health problaa hleh definitely effaeted tha aorta11ty and aorbidlty of lts Groupa. A aaoorendos hich aabodlad tha suggestion fo%r a cooperativa expariaaat reaohad th Prsidant. "3ou34 th Metropolitan b ullllag t# atributa an annuel sua for a olais la tha Piohar nlalag rgion to study silicosis, lts affaets end to foraulata reaadlal oaaauroaT" "Tas,* ma tha laeooio rsply e&d tha Metropolitan sgraad to contribut* e amamal appropriation of $9,000, provldao tha vnltad Statas Buraen f Miaas contribated M,COO ad tha loeal aparatera, 416,000. Tha diale sa fShaaood fer a.parlod of ihre yeare. It offora fraa aodieal xsalnation te ail tha aiacre 1m tha diatriot. Ita gaaarel purpoaa la to emula minara and diagnose thelr cesas, esd to cnrry oa adueatloasl vork taadlag to llalaato silicosis ad tubarouleais, Tha building uhloh houses tha olinio ns ballt by tha min* ownare udOr. 7 Y* lerlvethar ef tha United States Publie Health Servie#, eslsted by a staff of Govaraoant physicians ara eoaduotlag lt. Ou aoaa daya they Tsaiaa flighty aao aad they xpaot to examine fourteaa thousand bafora thelr sort 1 threugh Tue clerks intarregata tha alaars aad fill la tha information oa an examiartioa eard Tha ainera go to tha 1-rey roen ahora thara Chaste *re 1-mysd by cae at tha beat machinas porehasabla, opratad by a s'ailled tchetelas. Lata ia tha aftsraooa Dr. Merlvetbar holds a oonfrenca- yltb tha otilar phyaloitss, tha i-ray filas tskan - - the day before are pat as vis sad are retd la canjunction with the aan*a hiataiy af clinical findings,'and a flail diagnosis determined. Sick physicien tua a special fiald of iataraat ia tha investigatine aad is gathering data tor his particular branch of research. Or* i. . lauti ho mi largai/ rcipouitla for bringing'tho Metropolitan tha operatore aad tho Malted Statai Buree of liaea together ia es tablishing tha Fleher Clinic, aaya that tha coopered of the operators sad inert acere ell for the iaveetltetloa. *Tha oiaara aad their frulli** era practically .all of ericen stock. they are intelligent, independent and industrious. They are efficient aad individually Vke oat boto rook than any other inert In tho country. Many of the prosper end it it a etesutoo saying in awthrestern Mlatoori that every ainer ia a prospective operator, the eget re good. It le te the intereet of the Binara, of the operator* ead tha Metropolitan, incldentilly, ainee the Cospsny ha* Group insurance on Boat af tha Inara in tha region, to hove a high degree af asaltation ad good health in tha ragion. Leek of funda have prevented asking investigatiene of sili cosis cooperatole to those serried an already, toot the eetatoliehaeat of the oliale ill recuit ia a thorough inquiry into tillosla ad ita relation te tubercolosi*. Whan the silicosis patient beeonee tuberculous, then i* the tlaa te etch the osee, to see that the people st hose and at work do not besen infected. The Director of th* United State* Burean of Minee has given permission to distribute a leaflet aaong the visitera to the clini* ahieh describe* briefly end simply silicosis and tuberculosis, thslr nature and prevention. It t . reco-- od e pbyeloal exaainatioii mrjr lx nonth fr nen arfciaf la rock doet, exsaiatiene te be givea irne fay geveraaeat deetere ef tfae faesiti) oliale* le no ha eu oooe fra e aaa berla trae knovledge ef * fai* etete ef heelth, tfae aiaere leene th efaenae te eli lonf &ad eerieae illnese end herdehlp. Beeeuee tfae Alalo fate beea la pereUea afaert tlae,. .ite romite ceaaot be predieted et proemi but oTermeeat officiai belle# th&t la aeope ad thoroaghaeee li 111 et*ad eat e eoa ef tfae aoet lapertaat oontributleae te lodotrial fajgleae*