What is pHossy jaw?
PHOSSY JAW was disfigured diseases caused by poor working conditions in the 19th century. The condition was most often due to the exposure of white phosphorus, hence the name, although it was known that other chemicals cause similar conditions. Given that the head Phys was so visible and obviously painful illness, it has become a place for advocates of workers' rights and better regulation of working conditions, which ultimately leads to increased work and establishment of government agencies to enforce these regulations. This was due to a longer exposure to white phosphor fumes, which were particularly associated with a trade in the 19th century match. At that time, other forms of phosphorus were discovered and showed, but white phosphorus was cheap and easily accessible, so the coincidence of companies continued to use it despite apparent health risks.
As a tpacient was exposed to vapors, phosphorus accumulates in the jaw and brain. The first signs of the fossa jaws were often painful swelling along the side of the jaw, andLe quickly would evolve into an open abscesses because phosphorus basically ate the jaw away. The condition was accompanied by the resistance that the smell released, so that the victims did not welcome in social situations both because of the nasty malformation of their jaws and odors. As the condition proceeded, the patient's jaw would begin to shine in the dark, because of the chemical reaction between phosphorus and air.
The only cure for fossy jaw was surgical removal of the jaw. In the era of Dicey anesthetics and before antibiotics, this procedure could be potentially very dangerous, except for permanent disfigurement. Given that the match industry often employed very young children, this problem by the Stalhlavni source of public commentary as activists of the work published brochures about it and introduced people to the young victims of Phossa jaws.
Publications of white phosphorus problems eventually led to a prohibition of substance in many countries, along with the general increase of workthe reasons that were designed to deal with poor working conditions. PHOSSY's jaw is now very rare, although some development nations seem to be unfortunately experienced by an increase in industrial diseases when trying to modernize their economies and production systems without adequate regulations.