Beryllium Poisoning — Lessons in Control of Man-Made Disease

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THE accidents of my birth date and choice of work have led to the responsibility of honoring my senior colleague, Dr. Alice Hamilton, whose unusual contributions inspired the inauguration of this lectureship. Many in this audience, too young to know just why Dr. Hamilton deserves our praise and thanks, will want a little background.After a rich and varied education here and in Europe, Dr. Hamilton chose to live at Hull House in Chicago, one of the first and greatest settlement houses in this country. Here, people of privilege, under the leadership of Miss Jane Addams, learned of the wretched . . .