Worker in a white-lead factory with progressive muscular atrophy due to long exposure to white lead (1)

Anterior view. “He has extensive muscular atrophy, involving the muscles of the arms and shoulders, and also, to a less extent, those of the legs. The arms are wellnigh powerless. The muscles have not lost their electro-irritability. Sensation is not involved.” (Source: Lloyd JH. The diseases of occupations. In: Stedman TL, editor. Twentieth Century Practice: An International Encyclopedia of Modern Medical Practice by Leading Authorities of Europe and America. Volume 3: Occupation Disease, Drug Habits, and Poisons. New York: William Wood and Company, 1895:311-496. Public domain.)