ohland
08-30-2014, 04:16 PM
Fellow Booliteers, here is an odd way for a man such as Dr. Hudson to die, considering that he had a published book on toxic gasses encountered in mining.
The truth is out there... But you can't handle the truth!
ARMS AND THE MAN, page 8, VOL LXVIII, No. 7, November 15, 1920, 111 Woodward Building, Washington, D. C. Editor BRIG.-GEN. FRED H. PHILLIPS, JR., Secretary N. R. A.
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WALTER GUY HUDSON
It is with the deepest regret that Arms and the Man announces to the riflemen of the country the passing of Walter Guy Hudson.
"Doc" Hudson as he was affectionately known to and honored by the shooting fraternity, died suddenly at his home in Yonkers, New York, on October 30; as the result of an accident tragic in all its circumstances. The Doctor, who had not recently enjoyed his usual good health, went to his garage to warm up the engine of the big touring car which was almost as familiar a sight around the Sea Girt Range as the famous shot himself; a few seconds later smoke was seen coming from the garage.
Mrs. Hudson, sensing that something was wrong hurried out to find her husband overcome by gas fumes. With rare presence of mind, she shut off the motor and with the aid of her brother, dragged the doctor into the open air. But the carbon monoxide had gotten in its deadly work, and Dr. Hudson died while on the way to the hospital. It was evident that the wind which was blowing strongly at the time, had closed the swinging doors of the garage, and this unnoted by the doctor, permitted the small building to fill rapidly with the poisonous fumes before the victim realized that anything was wrong. At the time of his death, Dr. Hudson was 52 years old.
The name of Walter Guy Hudson has been closely linked with the development of the shooting game for the past twenty years. The Hudson Bullet, and the Hudson Formula, will long stand as monuments of his memory. He was the first rifleman to successfully work out reduced loads for high power rifles, he was the author of one of the first books dealing with practice with high power military rifles, he was instrumental in the development of modern .22 calibre powders and powders for .30 calibre loads, and was a member of many famous rifle teams. Doctor Hudson, in the memories of many, will linger as the embodiment of everything that makes for the perfect rifleman. Possessed of a keen mind and trained to intelligently experiment and to conduct ballistic researches, his conclusions bore great weight in the councils of riflemen. His nerve in a tight place was proverbial, and while he rarely met defeat in his specialty-off-hand shooting -when he did, he was a splendid looser. He was one of the dominant figures in the older generation of riflemen, and the shooting game will feel the loss of him.
Walter Guy Hudson - MD
http://sandiegoschutzenguilde.org/bobtylershistory.htm
Accessed 29 August 2014
Walter G. Hudson, M.D. (1870-1920) was hired as DuPont's first in-house physician in 1904 at a time when America was paying increasing attention to health and safety issues in its expanding industries. Dr. Hudson organized a formal Medical Division at DuPont, including physicians assigned to individual plants, and published pamphlets such as "First Aid Treatment of Wounds" that were useful to all company personnel. In 1915 Hudson became DuPont's first medical director. He worked hard during the busy production years of World War I to insure safe working conditions for DuPont's newly hired munitions workers, many of whom had no prior experience in factory work.
Science and Corporate Strategy: Du Pont R and D, 1902-1980, page 556-557, By David A. Hounshell, Press Syndicate of Cambridge, 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211. ISBN: 0-521-32767-9
“Du Pont encountered its first toxicological problems when it began to manufacture dynamite in the 1880s. Nitric acid fumes destroyed lung tissue and caused numerous fatalities; nitroglycerin absorbed through the skin caused headaches. Concern for the health of its work force led Du Pont to hire physician Walter G. Hudson in 1904. While organizing a medical division, including plant physicians, Hudson spent his spare time investigating poisonous gases that were generated by the use of explosives in mines. In this period, Du Pont began to make new chemicals for use in explosives, and the toxicity of these compounds was not known. Because of Hudson’s efforts, Du Pont avoided some of the health problems that other manufacturers experienced making explosives during World War 1. (7)
...As Du Pont’s medical director, Hudson had responsibility for ensuring healthful working conditions in the company’s plants. Because of Du Pont’s experience with many hazardous chemicals, Hudson also served as chairman of the sub-committee on industrial diseases and poisons of the Council of National Defense. During the war, Hudson sponsored animal studies in New York laboratories to determine the toxicity of a large number of compounds. Apparently exhausted by his wartime efforts, Hudson died in 1920 at the age of fifty. (8)
7. Walter Guy Hudson, Explosives – Industry Poisons (New York: William Wood and Co., 1917), reprinted from the Medical Record, Jan 20, 1917, Pamphlet collection, Hagley Museum and Library. On Hudson, see his obituary in Du Pont Magazine 14 (Jan 1921): 12
8. Hudson obituary.
The truth is out there... But you can't handle the truth!
ARMS AND THE MAN, page 8, VOL LXVIII, No. 7, November 15, 1920, 111 Woodward Building, Washington, D. C. Editor BRIG.-GEN. FRED H. PHILLIPS, JR., Secretary N. R. A.
Accessed with Google on 30 August 2014
WALTER GUY HUDSON
It is with the deepest regret that Arms and the Man announces to the riflemen of the country the passing of Walter Guy Hudson.
"Doc" Hudson as he was affectionately known to and honored by the shooting fraternity, died suddenly at his home in Yonkers, New York, on October 30; as the result of an accident tragic in all its circumstances. The Doctor, who had not recently enjoyed his usual good health, went to his garage to warm up the engine of the big touring car which was almost as familiar a sight around the Sea Girt Range as the famous shot himself; a few seconds later smoke was seen coming from the garage.
Mrs. Hudson, sensing that something was wrong hurried out to find her husband overcome by gas fumes. With rare presence of mind, she shut off the motor and with the aid of her brother, dragged the doctor into the open air. But the carbon monoxide had gotten in its deadly work, and Dr. Hudson died while on the way to the hospital. It was evident that the wind which was blowing strongly at the time, had closed the swinging doors of the garage, and this unnoted by the doctor, permitted the small building to fill rapidly with the poisonous fumes before the victim realized that anything was wrong. At the time of his death, Dr. Hudson was 52 years old.
The name of Walter Guy Hudson has been closely linked with the development of the shooting game for the past twenty years. The Hudson Bullet, and the Hudson Formula, will long stand as monuments of his memory. He was the first rifleman to successfully work out reduced loads for high power rifles, he was the author of one of the first books dealing with practice with high power military rifles, he was instrumental in the development of modern .22 calibre powders and powders for .30 calibre loads, and was a member of many famous rifle teams. Doctor Hudson, in the memories of many, will linger as the embodiment of everything that makes for the perfect rifleman. Possessed of a keen mind and trained to intelligently experiment and to conduct ballistic researches, his conclusions bore great weight in the councils of riflemen. His nerve in a tight place was proverbial, and while he rarely met defeat in his specialty-off-hand shooting -when he did, he was a splendid looser. He was one of the dominant figures in the older generation of riflemen, and the shooting game will feel the loss of him.
Walter Guy Hudson - MD
http://sandiegoschutzenguilde.org/bobtylershistory.htm
Accessed 29 August 2014
Walter G. Hudson, M.D. (1870-1920) was hired as DuPont's first in-house physician in 1904 at a time when America was paying increasing attention to health and safety issues in its expanding industries. Dr. Hudson organized a formal Medical Division at DuPont, including physicians assigned to individual plants, and published pamphlets such as "First Aid Treatment of Wounds" that were useful to all company personnel. In 1915 Hudson became DuPont's first medical director. He worked hard during the busy production years of World War I to insure safe working conditions for DuPont's newly hired munitions workers, many of whom had no prior experience in factory work.
Science and Corporate Strategy: Du Pont R and D, 1902-1980, page 556-557, By David A. Hounshell, Press Syndicate of Cambridge, 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211. ISBN: 0-521-32767-9
“Du Pont encountered its first toxicological problems when it began to manufacture dynamite in the 1880s. Nitric acid fumes destroyed lung tissue and caused numerous fatalities; nitroglycerin absorbed through the skin caused headaches. Concern for the health of its work force led Du Pont to hire physician Walter G. Hudson in 1904. While organizing a medical division, including plant physicians, Hudson spent his spare time investigating poisonous gases that were generated by the use of explosives in mines. In this period, Du Pont began to make new chemicals for use in explosives, and the toxicity of these compounds was not known. Because of Hudson’s efforts, Du Pont avoided some of the health problems that other manufacturers experienced making explosives during World War 1. (7)
...As Du Pont’s medical director, Hudson had responsibility for ensuring healthful working conditions in the company’s plants. Because of Du Pont’s experience with many hazardous chemicals, Hudson also served as chairman of the sub-committee on industrial diseases and poisons of the Council of National Defense. During the war, Hudson sponsored animal studies in New York laboratories to determine the toxicity of a large number of compounds. Apparently exhausted by his wartime efforts, Hudson died in 1920 at the age of fifty. (8)
7. Walter Guy Hudson, Explosives – Industry Poisons (New York: William Wood and Co., 1917), reprinted from the Medical Record, Jan 20, 1917, Pamphlet collection, Hagley Museum and Library. On Hudson, see his obituary in Du Pont Magazine 14 (Jan 1921): 12
8. Hudson obituary.