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Squamous cell carcinoma of the scrotum is a tumor that is of interest for clinical and historical reasons. It was the first cancer linked to occupational exposure when, in 1775, Perivall Pott described it in chimney sweeps in England. Other occupations that had a preponderance of the disease ...
But even if a form of tulip mania did strike Holland in 1636, did it reach every rung of society, from landed gentry to chimney-sweeps? Goldgar says no. Most of the buyers were the sort you would expect to be speculating in luxury goods—people who could afford it. They were successfu...
while others worked as chimneysweeps or newsies. Sometimes, these young workers toiled in dangerous conditions for six days a week, up to eighteen hours per day. Many were injured, maimed, or even killed while working in factories. Wealthy industrialists usedchild laboras a way to pay low wa...
while others worked as chimneysweeps or newsies. Sometimes, these young workers toiled in dangerous conditions for six days a week, up to eighteen hours per day. Many were injured, maimed, or even killed while working in factories. Wealthy industrialists usedchild laboras a way to pay low wa...
In my previous posting about the jobs that children have done throughout history, one of the most dangerous I mentioned was that of the climbing boys, or the child chimney-sweeps which scrambled up inside chimney-flues to sweep and knock down the ash and soot that had clogged up the ...
Butlin [9] confirms this association and says “Seeing, then, the comparative frequency with which cancer attacks the scrotum in chimney-sweeps, the inference is strong that there is something in the trade of a sweep which modifies the skin of the scrotum to such an extent as to render it...
Agile boys were employed by the chimney sweeps. Small children were employed to scramble under machinery to retrieve cotton bobbins and in coal mines, crawling through tunnels too narrow and low for adults. Many young people worked as prostitutes (the majority of prostitutes in London were between...
The most famous story about St. Nicholas involves an old man who had three daughters who were about to be married. Not having any money for their dowries, he prayed for deliverance, and St. Nicholas threw three sacks of gold down the chimney of the man’s house, which landed in the st...
(MA versus MA1)a Pigeon Hoatzin Adelie penguin Golden-collared manakin Chimney swift Zebra Finch AVES − 2lnLb 24.931 47.666 17.596 11.781 15.853 36.886 p value (FDR corrected) 5.941 × 10−7 5.054 × 10−12 (1.516 × 10−11) 2.732 × 10...