Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1915 — A “Flying" Malady. [ARTICLE]

A “Flying" Malady.

The doctors are pussled concerning si strange malady that has broken out at more than one aeroplane works, and baa in one case ended fatally. The malady in some respects resembles yellow jaundice, and It is, rightly or wrongly, attributed to contact with an aeroplane “dope," or to Inhaling its odor. Further particulars need not at the moment be indicated, but it has been suggested that the source of the trouble may be amyl acetate, which is used as a “aope” solvent Some mystery attache* to the affair, the precise nature of the malady not having yet been determined, in spite of close examination and analysis; and, of course, until success is attained in this direction no satisfactory precautions or remedy can be devised.