Question 8 • 670201 World History S1 – MYERS, JOSHUA A
This excerpt is from a doctor’s testimony to an 1819 British parliamentary committee.When I was a surgeon in the infirmary, accidents were very often admitted to the infirmary, through the children's hands and arms having being caught in the machinery; in many instances the muscles, and the skin is stripped down to the bone, and in some instances a finger or two might be lost.
Answer
A
They need to learn safety rules.
B
Their injuries are untreatable.
C
Their injuries are quite minor.
D
They are doing dangerous work.
Explanation
The testimony describes children’s hands and arms being caught in machinery, sometimes stripping skin and muscle to the bone or costing them fingers. These severe injuries show that the children are doing dangerous work. The passage does not say their injuries are untreatable or minor.
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