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Sir Thomas Morison Legge (1863-1932) CBE MD〔("Legge, Sir Thomas Morison" ), Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edition, Oxford University Press, April 2014.〕 was the first Medical Inspector of Factories and Workshops in the United Kingdom, appointed in 1898〔Thomas Morison Legge (1863–1932): The First Medical Factory Inspector. 2004. Journal of Medical Biography. Volume 12. Page 209. (Sage Journals ) (PubMed )〕〔London Gazette. 1898. Page 4773. (Google Books ).〕〔Gleanings and Memoranda: A Monthly Record of Political Events and Current Political Literature. 1898. Volume 11. Page 143. (Google Books ).〕 and resigning on 29 November 1926.〔P. W. J. Bartrip, ("Legge, Sir Thomas Morison (1863–1932)" ), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edition, September 2010.〕 He was appointed Commander of the British Empire in 1918 and knighted in 1925,〔 in the New Year Honours.〔Edinburgh Gazette. 2 January 1925. (p 2 ).〕 His work was especially concerned with anthrax and lead poisoning.〔"Thomas Legge" in ''Memoirs and Proceedings''. Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. 1946. Volumes 87-89. (Google Books ).〕 Legge's axioms,〔Antony John Essex-Cater. A Synopsis of Public Health and Social Medicine. Wright. 1967. Page 316. (Google Books )〕 which he expounded in 1929,〔Proceedings of the XIVth International Congress of Occupational Health. 1964. Page 228. Google Books: ()()().〕 are "famous".〔Benjamin Frank Miller. The Complete Medical Guide. Simon and Schuster. 1967. Page 145. (Google Books ).〕 They include the following: # ''Unless and until the employer has done everything — and everything means a good deal — the workman can do next to nothing to protect himself although he is naturally willing enough to do his bit.'' # ''If you can bring an influence to bear external to the workman (i.e. one over which he can exercise no control), you will be successful; and if you can't or don't, you won't.'' # ''Practically all industrial lead poisoning is due to the inhalation of dust and fumes; and if you stop their inhalation you will stop the poisoning.'' # ''All workmen should be told something of the danger of the materials they come into contact with and not be left to find it out for themselves — sometimes at the cost of their lives.''〔Thomas Morrison Legge. "Thirty Years' Experience of Industrial Maladies". Shaw Lectures. Royal Society of Arts. February 1929. Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science. 1929. Volumes 139-140. Page 169. (Google Books ).〕〔Thomas Morison Legge. Lessons learnt from Industrial Gases and Fumes. Institute of Chemistry. 1930. Page 6. (Google Books ).〕 ==References == * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Morison Legge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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