ERGOPHOBIA
A NEW DISEASE. Judge Addison, K.C., at the Southwark Court, 0 was asked to terminate an award he had made under the Workmen's Compensation Act of £1 per week in favor of a farrier. Mr Coumbe, who appeared for the employer, said the man had miite recovered from the effects of tbe injury, and was now only Buffering from " ergophobia." judge Addison: Eh! What's that?— (laughter.) Mr Coumbe: Ergophobia, from ergon and phobos. It means a hatred or terror of work. It is a new disease, which a medical paper has recently called attention to, and which it says is becoming very prevalent.—(Laughter.) Judge Addison : A new diaease! Why, it is a common disease I have been familiar with all my life.—(Laughter.) An enormous number of people are afflicted with it —(more laughter)—but this is the first time I have heard the name;' but, as I say, I know of the disease.
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Evening Star, Issue 12606, 11 September 1905, Page 7
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153ERGOPHOBIA Evening Star, Issue 12606, 11 September 1905, Page 7
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