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SYMHC Classics: Alice Hamilton and Occupational Medicine

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Industrial Toxicology

In 19 25, she wrote the first text on toxicology, titled industrial poisons in the united ats. The year after industrial toxicology was first published, hamilton's time at harvard ended because she reached mandatory retirement age. She moved to hadlime, connecticut with her sister margaret, who, like all four of the hamilton sisters, had not married. And alice continued to consult on the topic of toxicology in industrial settings,. including acting as an adviser to new York state industrial commissioner francis perkins.

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