An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

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GORDON, Bonnie

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Phossy jaw and the French match workers: Occupational health and women in the Third Republic.

New York: Garland Publishing, 1989.

"The 1898 suppression of white phosphorous in the French match industry was a victory of organized labour. At a time when most French workers did not have the power to effect changes in the health and safety conditions of their work, the match workers succeeded. At a time when most French women were not unionised and did not pursue effective action on occupational health problems, French women in the match industry succeeded" (publisher).



Subjects: COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › France, OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & MEDICINE › History of Occupational Health & Medicine