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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Syphilis is another concern of industrial medicine. Caterpillar Tractor Co.'s Harold Albert Vonachen reported that the syphilitics of their Peoria, Ill. plant are kept at work as long as they follow treatment by their family doctors. He discovered that 400 of the 10,000 employes had syphilis. Only two refused treatment. They lost their jobs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Factory Doctors | 6/20/1938 | See Source »

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