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11 quotes by Alice Hamilton

Alice Hamilton Born (1869-02-27)February 27, 1869 New York City, U.S. Died September 22, 1970(1970-09-22) (aged 101) Citizenship American Institutions Harvard Medical School Alma mater University of Michigan (1893) University of Leipzig (1895-96) Johns Hopkins University (research assistant) Academic advisors Simon Flexner Notable awards Lasker Award (1947) Spouse n/a Alice Hamilton (February 27, 1869, New York City – September 22, 1970)...
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When I talked to my medical friends about the strange silence on this subject in American medical magazines and textbooks, I gained the impression... →

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Illinois then had no legislation providing compensation for accident or disease caused by occupation.

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When employers tell me they prefer married men, and encourage their men to have homes of their own, because it makes them so much steadier, I wonder... →

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It was impossible for me to believe that conditions in Europe could be worse than they were in the Polish section of Chicago, and in many Italian and... →

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There can be no intelligent control of the lead danger in industry unless it is based on the principle of keeping the air clear from dust and fumes.

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From the first I became convinced that what I must look for was lead dust and lead fumes, that men were poisoned by breathing poisoned air, not by... →

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No young doctor nowadays can hope for work as exciting and rewarding.

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It was easy to present figures demonstrating the contrast between lead work in the United States under conditions of neglect and ignorance, and... →

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Every article I wrote in those days, every speech I made, is full of pleading for the recognition of lead poisoning as a real and serious medical... →

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Everything I discovered was new and most of it was really valuable.

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It was also my experience at Hull-House that aroused my interest in industrial diseases.

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