Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 235, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1911 — Spine Specialist Speaks. [ARTICLE]

Spine Specialist Speaks.

“Railroaders ought to be pensioned off early,” said a spine specialist, “for they peg out sooner than any other class of men.” A railroader —a brakeman or a fireman, say—improves in health the first year or so. His weight increases, he sleeps better, and his. appetite grows. But deterioration soon seta In. “Ten years’ work tires out most railroaders. At the end of 15 years they are serious sufferers, some from the eyes, some from the ears, and some from leg pains. Twenty years sees them really unfit for work. “ft’s all due .to the spine—to the effect of the train’s constant vibration on the spinal cord.”