Vol. 4 No. 4 October 1947

BRITISH JOURNALOF INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE

EDITORDONALD HUNTER. --_

EDITORIAL COMMIlEEt-TA. J. AMOR D. C. 70RRS -M. W. GOLDBLATT KENNETh1 MK AL PERRYA. BRADFORD HILL DONALD SThWAR. E. LANE SIR REGWNXIWAoW-Jdi .'

EDITOR, British Medical Jouarhaldl-

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CONTENTS

Observations on the Toxic Effects of Cordite. J. S. WEINER and M. L. THOMSONRisk of Fluorosis in Magnesium Foundries. R. G. BOWLER, M. BUCKELL, J. GARRAD,

A. BRADFORD HILL, D. HUNTER, K. M. A. PERRY, and R. S. F. SCHILLINGExperimental Production of X-ray Shadows in the Lungs by Inhalation of Indul

Dusts: I. Iron Oxide. H. E. HARDING, J. L. A. GROUT, and T. A. LLOYD DAVIES..Argyro-siderosis of the Lungs in Silver Finishers. H. J. BARRIE and H. E. HARDINGSolubility or Distribution Coefficient of Trichlorethylene in Water, Whole Blood, and Plasma.

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INDEX TO VOLUME 4, 1947Subjects dealt with under various headings in the JOURNAL are set out both in the main Index and under their respective headings-

for example 'Abstracts,' ' Book Reviews.' Names of authors of original articles are included in the Index. There is a separate index toAbstracts. Names of authors of articles abstracted are separately listed.

British and Foreign Official Publications and Book Reviews are indicated by the letter (R); Abstracts by the letter (A); and OriginalArticles by the letter (0).

No. 1. JanuaryNo. 2. April

Pages1-76

77-140No. 3.No. 4.

JulyOctober

Pages141-204205-266

A

Absenteeism, after influenza " A " and " B " vaccination, 136 (A)16()

in industrial workers, third and fourth quarters, 1945,136(A)

Acetylene tetrachloride, determination in air, 245 (A)Accidents, repetition of (D. ARCHIBALD and J. W. WasTFIELD),

107, (O)AGATE J.N. (and H. A. DRUEsrr) : Portable vibrating tools in

relation to their clinical effects, 141 (0)Aircraft cabins, noxious vapours in, 130 (A)Air flow, and lung conditions, 254 (A)Airplane industry, effects of high-speed vibrating tools on operatorsengaged in, 70 (A)

Aititude decompression sickness, 250 (A)tolerance, 131 (A)respiratory metabolism of human subjects at high, 132 (A)

Aluminium, in silicosis control, 71, 133, 197 (A)effect on lungs of rabbits, 197 (A)in prevention and treatment of silicosis, 133 (A), 197 (A)

Anatomical problems in naval warfare (G. WEDDELL and H. D.DARcus), 77 (0)

Aniline poisoning, 129 (A)Anthracite miners, pneumoconiosis in, 198 (A)Aplastic ansniia following exposure to trinitrotoluene, 69 (A)ARcHIBAL, D. (and J. W. WHarrFIELD) : Repetition of accidents,

107 (0)Argyrosiderosis of lungs in silver finishers (H. J. BARRus and H. E.HARDING), 225 (0)

Arsenic, and BAL, 194 (A); 248, 249, 250 (A)Arsenical vesicants, effect on respiration of skin, 196 (A)Arsine poisoning, 67 (A), 248 (A)Artificial fibre industry, dangers of, 248 (A)

suniight treatment in industry, 66 (R)Asbestos, effect on lungs of rabbits, 197 (A)Asbestosis and sarcoidosis, coexistent, 132 (A)Asphyxia, mechanical, and hydrogen sulphide poisoning, 68 (A)Association of Lndustrial Medical Officers, Annual General Meeting,

1945, 76; 1946, 138; Nottingham group, 139; Scottish group,139; Forty-Sixth Meeting, 203; Forty-Eighth meeting, 258;Nottingham group, 259

Atebrin workers, blue haloes in, 244 (A)Atomic bomb, clinical syndrome following exposure, 67 (A)

pattern of injuries, 196 (A)

B

BAL, arsenic and, 194 (A), 248, 249, 250 (A)BARRs, H. J. (and H. E. HARDING) :Argyrosiderosis of lungs in silver

finishers, 233 (0)Barrier creams, evaluation .(W. M. CUMMING and others), 237 (0)Basovascular spasm, 250 (A)BELL, J. (and J. B. LYNCH) : Dental erosion from inorganic acidfumes, 84 (0)

Benadryl for histamine effect of irradiation sickness, 196 (A)Benzene exposure, reaction of human blood-forming tissues to

chronic (V. H. BoWERS), 87 (0)Benzol poisoning, latent, 129 (A)Berman locator, for removal of intraocular foreign bodies, 255 (A)

Blood, lead content of, and its relation to rarefying processes in bone,70(A)

Blood-forming tissues, reaction to chronic benzene exposure (V. H.BOWERS), 87 (0)

Blue haloes in atebrin workers, 244 (A)Boiler scaler, pneumocoiosis in a (H. E. HARDING and others),

100 (0)Bone, lead content of blood and its relation to rarefying processes

in, 70 (A)Book Reviews:Dynamicmltion and time study (GILLESPE, J. J.), 242Handbook of the Scientific Manufacturers' Association of Great

Britain, Ltd., 65Health and Social Welfare, 1947 (Ed.LoJm HORDER), 65Industrial Toxicology (HAMILTON, A. andJOHSNTONE, R. T.), 126La Slicosis Pulmonar (DOONseR, H.), 66Micro-diffusion analysis and volumetric error (CONwAY, E. J.), 191Nursing in commerce and industry (McGRATH, B. J.), 65Scientific and Social Work of the National Institute of Industrial

Medicine and Hygiene of Spain, 242BowsRs, V. H.: Reaction of human blood-forming tissues to chronic.

benzene exposure, 87 (0)BOWLER, R. G. (and others) : Risk of fluorosis in magnesium

foundries, 216 (0) -

British Anti-Lewisite (see under BAL)British and Foreign Official Publications:Annual Report of Chief Inspector of Factories, 1945, 126Artificial sunlight treatment in industry, 66Effects of aliphatic nitrous and nitric acid esters on the physio-

logical function with special reference to their chemical consti-tution (OETrsNGEN W. F. VON). 192

Legislation concerning safety and health at work (Ministry ofLabour, Madrid), 127

Ministry of Labour and National Service. Interim Reports ofthe Joint Advisory Committee of the Cotton Industry, 66

Psychological disorders in flying personnel of the Royal Air Forceinvestigated during the war 1939-45, 243

Road back to Health: story of medical rehabilitation, 191Toxicity and potential dangers of methyl bromide with special

reference to its use in the clemical industry, in fire extinguishers,and in fumigation (OiETnsNGEN W. F. VON), 192

BUCKELL, M. (and others): Risk of fluorosis in magnesium foundries,216 (0)

Burns of skin and eyes from scattered cathode rays, 75 (A)Byssinosis in the cotton trade (C. I. C. GILL), 48 (0)

CCAMERON, M. C. (and others); Barrier creams, evaluation, 237 (0)Cantcer, occupational, and industrial management, 73, 137 (A)Carbon bisulphide, 100 cases of chronic poisoniLng by, 128 (A)

Effect ofaliphaipercutaneous absorption of, 247 (A)monoxide, factors affecting rate of uptake by man, 251c(A)

Legislation c poisoning, Korsakow's syndrome and, 247 (A)L utetrachloride, death and illness from, 68 (A)

Cathode rays, superficial busms of skin and eyes from scattered,75 (A)

Caustic soda lesions of eye, picric acid treatment of, 201 (A)Cavitation due to necrosis, graphite pneumoconiosis complicated

by, 71 (A)

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BRITISH JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MEDICINEChests of workers enigaged in the production of toxic gases, 70 (A)Chief Inspector of Factories, Annual Report, 126 (R)Climatic extremes, effects of (M. CRITCHLEY), 164 (Review article)Coal dust in mines, prevention and suppression of, 72 (A)

mines, Weil's disease in Welsh and Scottish, 137 (A)Cockroaches, " Gammexane " for, 256 (A)COHEN, H.: Hand of the plant potter, 62 (0)Cold, observations on men sitting quietly in extreme, 251 (A)

tissue reaction to, 251 (A)tolerance to, in men exposed to outdoor weather, 200 (A)

"Cold wave process, thioglycolic acid pojsoning in connexion

with, 69 (A)Colds, susceptibility to, among factory workers, 137 (A)Cordite, toxic effects of (J. S. WEINER and M. L. THOMSON), 205 (0)Cotton, application of dust-laying oil to, 136 (A)

industry, interim report of joint advisory committee of, (R)-- byssinosis in (C. I. C. GILL), 48 (0)

CRAW, J. : Control and elimination of silicosis in west coast hRematiteiron ore industry, 30 (0)

CRrrCHLEY, M.: Effects of climatic extremes, 164 (Review article)CUMMINO. W. M. and E. B. (and others): Barrier creams and their

evaluation, 237 (0)

D

DARcus, H. D. (and G. WSDDELL): Anatomical problems in naval

warfare, 77 (0)Dental erosion in workers exposed to inorganic acid fumes (J.LYNCH and J. BELL), 84 (0)

Dermatitis, contact, 254 (A)occupational, 73 (A)teak wood, 254 (A)

Diabetics, fitness for work of, 257 (A)Diagnosis in industrial medicine, 202 (A)1, 2-dichloroethane (ethylene dichloride), 68 (A)Dimethyl-sulphate poisoning, 129 (A)Dinitrobenzol poisoning, 244 (A)Diphenyl etc., effect on experimental animals, 246 (A)Dishwashing, bacteriology and, 255, 256 (A)Dithiol compounds as antidotes for arsenic, 194 (A)Dockers dealing with grain and seeds, pneumoconiosis in, 197 (A)

industrial hygiene in relation to, 201 (A)Dosimetric method, 245 (A)DRUETT, H. A. (and J. N. AGATE) : Portable vibrating tools in relation

to their clinical effects, 141 (0)Dusts, experimental production of x-ray shadows in lungs by

inhalation of industrial (H. E. HARDING and others), 223 (0)Dust-laying oil, application to cotton, 136 (A)Dynamic motion and time study, 242 (R)

EElectric ophthalmia, 75 (A)Eosinophilia in silicosis, 71 (A)Epinephrine, ventricular fibrillation induced by hydrocarbons and,

68 (A)Erysipeloid, 73 (A)Ethylene dichloride, 68 (A)Explosive plants, occupational diseases in, 135 (A)Eye, picric acid for chemical lesions, 20, (A)

F

Factories, annual report of chief inspector of, 126 (R)medical supervision in, 135 (A)

Factory workers, experimental investigation on colds amongst,137 (A)

Farm bureau, what it expects of medicine, 74 (A)Flash burn preventive cream, 200 (A)Fluorine hazards, 246 (A)Fluorosis in magnesium foundries, risk of (R. G. BOWLER and others),216

Foreign bodies, removal of intraocular, 255Foundry workers, fever in, 247 (A)Flying personnel, psychological disorders in, 243 (R)Food departments, sanitation for, 255 (A)Fractures, metatarsal, 134 (A)Frostbite, pathology of, 251 (A)

G

"Gammexane " for domestic cockroaches, 256 (A)GARRAD, J. (and others): Risk of fluorosis in magnesium foundries,

216 (0)GILL, C. I. C.: Byssinosis in cotton trade, 48 (0)Grain and seeds, pneumoconiosis in dockers dealing with, 197 (A)Graphite pneumoconiosis complicated by cavitation due to necrosis,

71 (A)GROUT, J. L. A. (and others): Experimental production of x-rayshadows in lungs by inhalation of industrial dusts. I. iron oxide,223 (0)

Hiematuria due to picric acid poisoning, 128 (A)Hand of the plant potter: a stigma of the market gardener (H.

COHEN), 62 (0)-oathe use of penicillin in acute infections of, 73 (A)

-linjuries, rapid rehabilitation following, 134 (A)HARDING, H. E. (and H. J.BARRIE)(: Argyrosiderosis of lungs in

silver finishers, 225 (0)-ARCUS,H.D.n(and others) : Experimental production of x-ray

shadows in lungs by inhalation of in-

dustrial dusts, 223 (0)Pneumoconiosis in a boiler scaler,

100 (0)Hazards of pharmaceutical industry (R. M. WATROUS), Ill (Review

article)Health, and social welfare, 65 (R)H a of workmen, 75 (A)Heat, and tolerances to cold in men exposed to outdoor weather,

C N200 (A)control of, in industry, 252 (A)decline of sweating in men working in severe, 200 (A)

-A rash in the naval service, 199 (A)stroke, 252 (A)

HIL, A. BRADFORD (and others): Risk of fluorosis in magnesiumfoundries, 216 (0)

Histamine effect of irradiation sickness treated with benadryl, 196 (A)HOLMAN, T. : Historical relationship of mining, silicosis, and rock

removal, 1 (0)HUNTER, D. (and others): Risk of fluorosis in magnesium foundries,216 (0)

Hydrocarbons and epinephrine, ventricular fibrillation induced by,68 (A)

Hydrogen sulphide poisoning : report of two cases, one with fatal

outcome, from associated mechanical asphyxia, 68 (A)

Immersion foot, pathology of, 251 (A)Industrial health and social medicine, 139 (A)

teamwork for, 75 (A)hygiene programme, role of laboratory in, 202 (A)r in relation to dock labourers, 201 (A)management and occupational cancer, 73, 137 (A)medicine, 73 (A)

laboratory procedures for accurate diagnosis in,202 (A)

Industry, and medicine, 74 (A)Influenza "A" and "B" vaccination, absenteeism after, 136 (A)Inorganic acid fumes, dental erosion in workers exposed to (J. B.

tLYNCH and J. BELL), 84 (0)Insect tests of wire screening effectiveness, 257 (A)Intervertebral discs, discussion on, 204 (Association Proceedings)Iron ore industry, control and elimination of siicosis in the west

coast hmmatite (J. CRAW), 30 (0)oxide: experimental production of x-ray shadows in lungs byi

inhalation of industrial dusts (H. E. HARDING and others),227 (0)

Irradiation sickness, histamine effect treated with benadryl, 196 (A)

K

Ketene and ketene dimer, inhalation toxicity of, 246 (A)Korsakow's syndrome in relation to atrophy of the brain and carbon

monoxide poisoning, 247 (A)

L

Laboratory, procedures, for diagnosis in industrial medicine, 202 (A)role of, ininduEial hygiene programme, 202 (A)

Labour, and medicine, 74 (A)Lead content of blood and its relation to rarefying processes in bone,70 (A)

Lewisite burns, arsenic and thiol excretion after, 194 (A)c hatreatment with BAL, 249, 250 (A)

LLOYD, N. L. : Placementin industry of the physically handicapped,102 (0)

LLOYD DAVe, T. A. (and others): Experimental production ofx-ray shadows in lungs by inhalation of industrial dusts. Ironoxide, 223 (0)

Longevity in industrial population, 134 (A)Low back disability, 255 (A)Lungs, argyrosiderosis of, in silver finishers (H. J. BARRIE and H. E.

HARDING), 225 (0)Laortoyeffect of asbestosis and aluminium on, 197 (A)--experimental production of x-ray shadows in, by inhalation

of industrial dusts. I. Iron oxide (H. E. HARDING and

others), 227 (0)La respiratory air flow and condition of, 254 (A)LYNCH, J. B. (and J. BELL)E:Dental erosion in workers expost to

inorganic acid fumes, 84 (0)

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M

MCLAUGHLIN, A. I. G. (and others): Pneumoconiosis in a boilerscaler, 100 (0)

MACRAILD, M. C. (and others): Barrier creams and their evaluation,237 (0)

.Magnesium foundries, risk of fluorosis in (R. G. BOWLER and others),216

Manganese poisoning in Chile, 195 (A)Market gardener, a stigma of the (H. COHEN), 62 (0)Mass chest x-ray survey in Philadelphia war industries, 133 (A)Medical supervision in factories, 135 (A)Mercury in air, determination of, 196 (A); 245 (A)

in urine, estimation of, 245 (A)poisoning, treated with BAL, 249, 250 (A)

Mess tins, sterilization of, 256 (A)Metatarsal fractures, 134 (A)Methyl bromide, toxicity and potential dangers, 192 (R)

chloride, toxicity of, 246 (A)Microdiffusion analysis and volumetric error, 191 (R)Military mental hygiene, application to industry, 72 (A)Mines, prevention and suppression of coal dust in,- 72 (A)Mining, report for 1945, Rand mines group, 135

silicosis, and rock removal, historical relationships of (T.HOLMAN), 1 (0)

Ministry of Labour and National Service: Interim report of jointadvisory committee of cotton industry, 66 (R)

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National Institute of Industrial Medicine and Hygiene of Spain,work of, 242 (R)

Naval warfare, anatomical problems in (G. WEDDELL and H. D.DARcus), 77 (0)

Nitrous and nitric acid esters, effect on physiological function, 192 (R)Noise, industrial injuries due to, 254 (A)Norway, bacteriological investigation on pneumonia and pneumo-

coccus carriers in Sauda, 71 (A)Noxious vapours in aircraft cabins, 130 (A)Nursing in commerce and industry, 65 (R)

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Obituaries, LEROY UPSON GARDNER, 64; N. HOWARD MUMRY, 259;JOHN CROSTHWArrE BRsDGE, 260

Occupational disease in government-owned ordnance explosiveplants, 135 (A)

morbidity, studies in (1) (W. T. RUSSELL and others),56(0))

Ophthalmia, electric, 75 (A)Orthoptedic surgery special requirements for industrial patients,

134 (A)Outdoor weather, men exposed to, 200 (A)Oxygen consumption of intact mouse at eight atmospheres, 130 (A)

inactivation of enzymes by, 130 (A)

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Palmar aponeurosis, inflammation of, in post-office fitters, 251 (A)Penicillin, use of, in acute infections of the hand, 73 (A)PERRY, K. M. A. (and others): Risk of fluorosis in magnesium

foundries, 216 (0)Pharmaceutical industry, health hazards of (R. W. WATROUS), Ill

(Review article)Phosgene inhalation, 245 (A)Phosphine poisoning, 129 (A)Phosphorus poisoning, chronic, 69 (A)Physically handicapped, placement in industry of (N. L. LLOYD), 102Picric acid for chemical lesions of the eye, 201 (A)

poisoning, htmaturia due to, 128 (A)Plant potter, hand of the: (H. COHEN), 62 (0)Pneumatic tools, disease resulting from use of, 132 (A)Pneumoconiosis, 198 (A), 199 (A)

in a boiler scaler (H. E. HARDING and others),100 (0)

complicated by cavitation due to necrosis, 71 (A)in dockers dealing with grain and seeds, 197 (A)

Pneumonia and pneumococcus carriers in Sauda, an isolated industrialcommunity in Norway, 71 (A)

Portable vibrating tools in relation to their clinical effects (J. N.AGATE and H. A. DRUETr), 141 (0)

Post-office fitters, inflammation of palmar aponeurosis in, 251 (A)P OWELL, J. F.: SQlubility or distribution coefficient of trichlor-

ethylene in water, whole blood, and plasma, 233 (0)Psychological disorders in flying personnel of the Royal Air Force,

243 (R)Pyridoxine for radiation sickness, 196 (A)

R

Radiation sickness in Nagasaki, 67 (A), pyridoxine for, 196 (A)

Radiological appearances of chests of workers engaged in productionof toxic gases, 70 (A)

Rand mines group report for 1945, 135 (A)Rarefying processes in bone, lead content of blood and its relation to70 (A)

Rehabilitation, following hand injuries, 134 (A)story of, 191 (R)

Repetition of accidents (D. ARCHIBALD and J. W. WHITFIELD), 107 (0)Respiratory metabolism of human subjects at high altitude, 132 (A)Rock removal, historical relationships of mining, silicosis, and

(T. HOLMAN), 1 (0)Royal Air Force, psychological disorders of flying personnel in,

243 (R)RUSSELL, W. T. (and others): Studies in occupational morbidity,

56(0)RYLE, J. A. (and others): Studies in occupational morbidity, 56 (0)

S

Sarcoidosis, coexistent pulmonary asbestosis and, 132 (A)SCHILLING, R. S. F. (and others): Risk of fluorosis in magnesium

foundries, 216 (0)Scientific Manufacturers' Association of Great Britain handbook of,

65 (R)Seeds, pneumoconiosis in dockers dealing with grain and, 197 (A)Ship disinfestation, 257 (A)Silica, determination in industrial dust, 253 (A)Silicosis, aluminium in prevention and treatment of, 71, 133, 197 (A

bronchographic studies in advanced, 72 (A)compensation in, 253 (A)control and elimination of, in west coast haematite iron oreindustry (J. CRAW), 30 (0)

eosinophilia in, 71 (A)historical relationships of mining, s., and rock removal(T. HOLMAN), 1 (0)

latent, 132 (A)pulmonary, 66 (R)sedimentation Fate after effort in, 253 (A)in a stone mason, 252 (A)

Silver finishers, argyrosiderosis of the lungs in (H. J. BARRIE andH. E. HARDING), 225 (0)

Skin, effect of arsenical vesicants on respiration of, 196 (A)Social medicine and industrial health, 139

welfare, health and, 65 (R)Solubility or distribution coefficient of trichlorethylene in water,

whole blood, and plasma (J. F. PowELL), 233 (0)Spain, work of National Institute of Industrial Medicine and Hygiene

of, 242 (R)Stone mason, silicosis in a, 252 (A)Studies in occupational morbidity (1) (W. T. RUSSELL and others),56(0)

Sulphur compounds in air, estimation of, 247 (A)Sulphydryl groups, inactivation of enzymes by oxygen and essential,

130 (A)Sunlight, artificial, in industry, 66 (R)Sweating, decline of, in men working in severe heat, 200 (A)

T

Teak wood dermatitis, 254 (A)Teamwork for industrial health, 75 (A)Tetra'ethyl lead poisoning, 195 (A)Thioglycolic acid poisoning in connexion with the " cold wave"

process, 69 (A)Thiol proteins, and BAL, 194 (A)THOMSON, M. L. (and J. S. WEINER): Toxic effects of cordite, 205 (0)Thresher's disease, 198 (A)TOD, D. L. MCRAE (and others): Pneumoconiosis in a boiler scaler,

100 (0)Toxic gases, investigation into radiological appearances of chests of

workers engaged in production of, 70 (A)Toxicology, industrial, 126 (R)Trench foot, pathology of, 251 (A)Trichlorethylene in water, whole blood, and plasma, solubility or

distribution coefficient of (J. F. POWELL), 233 (0)Trinitrotoluene, aplastic anTemia following exposure to, 69 (A)Tropical climate, inability to work in, 202 (A)Tsetse fly repellents, 256 (A)Tuberculosis, latent, 132 (A)

in industry, 253 (A)Tuberculous patients, employment of ex-, 199 (A)

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Utensil bacteriology, 255 (A), 256 (A)

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Ventricular fibrillation induced by hydrocarbons and epinephrine,68 (A)

Vesicantsi arsenical, effect on respiration of skin, 196 (A)Vibrating tools, effects of high-speed, on operators engaged in air-

plane industry, 70 (A)in relation to their clinical effects (J. N. AGATE and

H. A. DRUErr), 141Vibration syndrome in industry, 200 (A)Volumetric error, micro-diffusion analysis and, 191 (R)

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War, occupational disease in government-owned explosive plants inthe second world war, 135 (A)

- industries, mass chest x-ray survey in Philadelphia, 133 (A)Warfare anatomical problems in naval (G. WEDDELL and H. D.DARcus), 77 (0)

WATROuS, R. M.: Health hazards of pharmaceutical industry, 111(Review article)

WEDDELL, G. (and H. D. DARcus): Anatomical problems in navalwarfare, 77 (9)

Weil's disease sn workers in Welsh and Scottish coalmines, 137 (A)WEINER, J. S. (and M. L. THOMSON): Toxic effects ofcordite, 205 (Ok.Welder's disease 247 (A)WHITFIELD, J. W. (and D. ARCHIBALD): Repetition of accidents, 107(0)

WHiTWELL, G. P. B. (and others): Occupational morbidity, 56 (0)Wire screening effectiveness, insect tests of, 257 (A)Workmen, health of, 75 (A)

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X-ray shadows, experimental production of, in lungs by inhalation-ofindustrial dusts. I. lron oxide (H. E. HARDING and others)*223 (0)

survey, mass chest, 133 (A)

INDEX TO ABSTRACTSA

Absenteeism after influenza " A " and " B " vaccination, 136in industrial workers, third and fourth quarters, 1945,

136Acetylene tetrachloride, determination in air, 245Aircraft cabins, noxious vapours in, 130Air flow, and lung conditions, 254Airplane industry effects of high-speed vibrating tools on operatorsengaged in, 70

Altitude decompression sickness, 250tolerance, 131respiratory metabolism of human subjects at high, 132

Aluminium, in silicosis control, 71, 133, 197effect on lungs of rabbits, 197

Aniline poisoning, 129Anthracite miners, pneumoconiosis in, 198Aplastic antemia following exposure to trinitrotoluene, 69Arsenic, and BAL, 194, 248, 249, 250Arsenical vesicants, effect on respiration of skin, 196Arsine poisoning, 67 ; 248Artificial fibre industry, dangers of, 248Asbestos, effect on lungs of rabbits, 197Asbestosis and sarcoidosis, coexistent, 132Asphyxia, mechanical, and hydrogen sulphide poisoning, 68Atebrin workers, blue haloes in, 244Atomic bomb, clinical syndrome following exposure, 67

pattern of injuries, 196

B

BAL, arsenic and, 194, 248, 249, 250Basovascular spasm, 250Benadryl for histamine effect of irradiation sickness, 196Benzol poisoning, latent, 129Berman locator, for removal of intraocular foreign bodies, 255Blue haloes in atebrin w6rkers, 244Bone, lead content of blood and its relation to rarefying processes

in, 70British Anti-Lewisite (see BAL)Burns of skin and eyes from scattered cathode rays, 75

C.

Cancer, occupational, and industrial management, 73, 137Carbon bisulphide, 100 cases ofchronic poisoning by, 128

percutaneous absorption of, 247monoxide, factor affecting rate of uptake in man, 251monoxide poisoning, Korsakow's syndrome and,-247tetrachloride, death and illness from, 68

Cathode rays, superficial burns of skin and eyes from scattered, 75Caustic soda lesions of eye, picric acid treatment of, 201Cavitation due to necrosis, graphite pneumoconiosis complicated by,

71Chests of workers engaged in production of toxic gases, 70Coal dust in mines, prevention and suppression, 72

mines, Weil's disease in Welsh and Scottish, 137Cockroaches, " Gammexane " for, 256Cold, observations on men sitting quietly in extreme, 251

tissue reaction to, 251tolerance to, in men exposed to outdoor weather, 200

"Cold wave" process, thioglycolic acid poisoning in connexion with,69

Colds, susceptibility to, among factory workers, 137Cotton, application of dust-laying oil to, 136

D

Dermatitis, contact, 254occupational, 73teak wood, 254

Diabetics, fitness for work of, 257 -

Diagnosis in industrial medicine, 2021, 2-dichloroethane (ethylene dichloride), 68Dinitrobenzol poisoning, 244Diphenyl etc., effect on experimental animals, 246Dimethyl-sulphate poisoning, 129Dishwashing, bacteriology and, 255, 256Dithiol compounds as antidotes for arsenic, 194Dockers dealing with grain and seeds, pneumoconiosis in, 197-_____ industrial hygiene in relation to, 201Dosimetric method, 245Dust-laying oil, application to cotton, 136

E

Electric ophthalmia, 75Eosinophilia in silicosis, 71Epinephrine, ventricular fibrillation induced by hydrocarbons and, 6UErysipeloid, 73Ethylene dichloride, 68Explosive plants, occupational diseases in, 135Eye, picric acid for chemical lesions of, 20

F

Factory workers, experimental investigation on colds amongst, 137Factories, medical supervision in, 135Farm bureau, what it expects of medicine, 74Flash burn preventive cream, 200Fluorine hazards, 246Food departments, sanitation for, 255Foreign bodies, removal of intraocular, 255Foundry workers, fever among, 247Fractures, metatarsal, 134Frostbite, pathology of, 251

G

"Gammexane" for domestic cockroaches, 256Grain and seeds, pneumoconiosis in dockers dealing with, 197Graphite pneumoconiosis complicated by cavitation due to necrosis,

71

H

Htematuria due to picric acid poisoning, 128Hand, the use of penicillin in acute infections of, 73

injuries, rapid rehabilitation following, 134Health of workmen, 75

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INDEX TO ABSTRACTS 265Heat and tolerances to cold in men exposed to outdoor weather, 200 Pneumoconiosis, 198

control of, in industry, 252 - complicated by cavitation due to necrosis, 71decline of sweating in men working in severe, 200 in dockers dealing with grain and seeds, 197rash in the naval service, 199 in South Wales anthracite miners, 199stroke, 252 Pneumonia and pneumococcus carriers in Sauda, an isolated industria IHistamine effect of irradiation sickness treated with benadryl, 196 community in Norway, 71

Hydrocarbons and epinephrine, ventricular fibrillation induced by, 68 Post-office fitters, inflammation of palmar aponeurosis in, 251Hydrogen sulphide poisoning : report of two cases, one with fatal Pyridoxine for radiation sickness, 196

outcome, from associated mechanical asphyxia, 68

I

Immersion foot, pathology of, 251Industrial health, teamwork for, 75

hygiene programme, role of laboratory in, 202in relation to dock labourers, 201

management and occupational cancer, 73, 137medicine, 73

laboratory procedures for accurate diagnosis in,202

Industry, and medicine, 74Influenza " A " and " B vaccination, absenteeism after, 136Insect tests of wire screening effectiveness, 257Irradiation sickness, histamine effect treated with benadryl, 196

K

Ketene and ketene dimer, inhalation toxicity of, 246Korsakow's syndrome in relation to atrophy of the brain and carbonmonoxide poisoning, 247

L

Laboratory procedures, for diagnosis in industrial medicine, 202- role of, in industrial hygiene programme, 202

Labour, and medicine, 74Lead content of blood and its relation to rarefying processes in bone,70

Lewisite burns, arsenic and thiol excretion after, 194treatment with BAL, 249, 250

Longevity in industrial population, 134Low back disability, 255Lung conditions in industry, respiratory air flows and, 254

effect'of asbestos and aluminium on, 197

M

Manganese poisoning in Chile, 195Mass chest x-ray survey in Philadelphia war industries, 133Medical supervision in factories, 135Mercury in air, determination of, 196; 245

in urine, estimation of, 245poisoning, treated with BAL, 249, 250

Mess tins in the field, cleansing and sterilization of, 256Metatarsal fractures, 134Methyl chloride, toxicity of, 246Military mental hygiene application to industry, 72Mines, the prevention and suppression of coal dust in, 72Mining, report for 1945, Rand mines group, 135

N

Navy, heat rash in, 199Noise, industrial injuries due to, 254Norway, bacteriological investigation on pneumonia and pneumo-

coccus carriers in Sauda, 71Noxious vapours in aircraft cabins, 130

0

Occupational disease in government-owned ordnance explosive plants,135

Ophthalmia, electric, 75Orthopadic surgery, special requirements for industrial patients, 134Outdoor weather, men exposed to, 200Oxygen consumption of intact mouse at eight atmospheres, 130

inactivation of enzymes by, 130

p

Palmar aponeurosis, inflammation of in post-office fitters, 251Penicillin, use of, in acute infections of the hand, 73Philadelphia war industries, mass chest x-ray survey in, 133Phosgene inhalation, 245Phosphine poisoning, 129Phosphorus poisoning, chronic, 69Picric acid for chemical lesions of the eye, 201

acid poisoning, hmmaturia due to, 128'Pneumatic tools, disease resulting from-use of, 132

R

Radiation sickness, in Nagasaki, 67pyridoxine for, 196

Radiological appearances of chests of workers engaged in productionof toxic gases, 70

Rand mines group report for 1945, 135Rarefying processes in bone, lead content of blood and its relation

to, 70Rehabilitation foilowing hand injuries, 134Respiratory metabolism of human subjects at high altitude, 132

S

Sarcoidosis, coexistent pulmonary asbestosis and, 132'Seeds, pneumoconiosis in dockers dealing with grain and, 197Ship disinfestation, 257Silica, determination in industrial dust, 252Silicosis, aluminium in prevention and treatment of, 71-; 133, 197

bronchographic studies in advanced, 72compensation in, 253eosinophilia in, 71latent, 132sedimentation rate after effort in, 253in a stone mason, 252

Skin, effect of arsenical vesicants on respiration of, 196Stone mason, silicosis in a, 252Sulphur compounds in air, estimation of, 247Sulphydryl groups, inactivation of enzymes by oxygen and essential,

130Supervision, medical, in factories, 135Sweating, decline of, in men working in severe heat, 200

TTeak wood dermatitis, 254Teamwork for industrial health, 75Tetra-ethyl lead poisoning, 195Thioglycolic acid poisoning in connexion with the " cold wave "

process, 69Thiol proteins, and BAL, 194 -Thresher's disease, 198Toxic gases., investigation into radiological appearances of chests of

workers engaged in production of, 70Trinitrotoluene, aplastic anemia following exposure to, 69Trench foot, pathology of, 251Tsetse fly repeilents, 256Tropical climate, inability to work in, 202Tuberculosis, latent, 132

in industry, 253Tuberculous patients, employment of ex-, 199

UUtensil bacteriology, 255, 256

V

Ventricular fibrillation induced by hydrocarbons and epinephrine, 68Vesicants, arsenical. effect on respiration of skin, 196Vibrating tools, effects of high-speed, on operators engaged in airplane

industry, 70Vibration syndrome in industry, 200

W

War, occupational disease in government-owned explosive plants inthe second world war, 135

industries, mass chest X-ray survey in Philadelphia, 133Weil's disease in workers in Welsh and Scottish coalmines, 137Welder's disease, 247Wire screening effectiveness, insect tests of, 257Workmen, health of, 75

X-ray survey, mass chest, 133

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INDEX TO AUTHORSA

Abels, J. C., 248Adolph, E. F., 200Albertini, A. V., 252Allen, R. P., 2494'Angelo, S. A., 132Ansola Jimdnez, J., 195Aub, C., 75Auffert, J., 248

B

Baer, R. L., 249Bagnall, D. J. T., 71, 197Barnes, E. C., 196Banks, H. F., 72Bayley, C. H., 136Behnke, A. R., 251Bellesini, C., 201Bilikiewicz, T., 247Binkley, 0. F., 128Block, S. S., 257Bloomfield, J. J., 75Brandenberger, E., 252Brandt, A. D., 135Brina, A., 129Brown, A., 70Bruce, T., 72Buchbinder, L., 256Burke, W. J., 247

C

Caccuri, S., 129Cairns, F. J., 68Capellini, A., 244Cargill, W. P., 257Cassels, D. A. K., M95Chance, A. C., 250Chenoweth, M. B., 68, 128Clegg, J. W., 197Clerens, J., 129Clinton, M., 131Cloud, R. W., 75Cogan, D. G., 75Cohen, R. R., 72Consolazio, W. V., 251Cope, O., 75Cotter, L. H., 69Cruickshank, N. H., 74Curr, J. F., 73Custer, R. P., 252

D

Dart, E. E., 70, 200-Davenport, V. D., 131Dayman, H., 132Deichmann. W. B., 246Delor, F., 254Desplas, M. B., 251Dierker, M., 246Dodds, E. C., 195Doig, A. T., 135Draeger, R. H., 196Dreessen, W. C., 202Duffield, W. D., 245Duffner, G. J., 199Dunner, L., 71, 197Durkan, T. M., 253

E

Eagle, H., 248, 249Edmonds, H. W., 131Elkin,W.F., 133

(, TM G

Elstad, D., 257Endicott, K. M., 68Escudero, E., 195

F.

Farber, 3., 131Feil, A., 247Feiner, B., 247Findlay, G. M., 256Fleischman, R. 248Flinn, R. H., 135Freireich, A. W., 68Friedman, N. B., 251

G

Gafafer, W. M., 136Gerking, S. D., 200Gilman, A., 249

King, E. J., 197King, P. F., 73Kitzmiller, K. V., 246Kleinfeld, H. J., 256Koven, A. L., 202Kurtzhalz, C., 133

L

Langohr, J. L., 75Lefkoe, H., 134Levvy, G. A., 250Ley, E. B., 67Lofstrom, J. E., 196Longcope, W. T., 249, 250Luetscher, J. A., 249, 250Lushbaugh, C. C., 246

M

(itickman, C. Sz., 2Uw Machle, W., 252Golden, H., 251 Magnuson, H. J., 248Goldenson, J., 245 Mahady, S. C. F., 250

Goldwasser, E., 250 Mallmann, W. L., 255Gooding, C. G., 199 Malamud, N., 252

Gray, J. S., Mann, B., 256Gurdjian, E. S., 250 Mann, I., 244Guy, L. P., 255 Masland, R. L., 250

Mazel, P., 253McConnell, W. J., 135

H McGill, C. M., 68Haberb,W. J., 71 Merlevede, E., 129

Haberb, W. J., 71 Merrill, 0. E., 75

Hall, M. I.,K7 Membrillera, D. F. G. de, 201Halvorsen, K., 71 Milton, R. F., 245

Hannon, J. W. G., 133, 197 Molnar, G. W., 200Hardwicke, J., 256 Monaco, A. R., 69Harris, A. H., 128 Morrissey, E. J., 34

Haugaard, N. M., 130 Moskowitz, S., 247Hawlick, G. F., 67 Murray, M. M., 246Haymaker, W., 252Heaf, F., 253Heimann, H., 69 NHeppel, L A., 68Hermon, R., 197 - Neal, P. A., 68Hoffmann, W., 198 Newquist, M. N., 136

Horvath, S. M., 251 Nunziante Cesaro, A., 247Hoskins, J. L., 245 Nurnberger, C. E.,,196Howell, J. B., 254Hueper, W. C., 73, 137Hughes, W. F., 249 0Hunter, D., 73Hutchinson, I., 255 Oettingen, W. F. von, 246Hynes, H. B. N., 256

Irwin, M. A., 133

J

Jager, V., 249Jbnkins, T. H., 137Jones, J. S., 74Jonsson, G., 72

K

Kanof, A., 249Karel, L., 245Keller, P. D., 67Kensler, C. J., 248

P

Pace, N., 251.Page, R. C., 136Parmeggiani, L., 253Perrin, T. L., 68Peters, F. M., 132Phelps, A. J., 256Philips, F. S., 249Porterfield, V. T., 68

R

Rae, V. M., 197Redemann, C. E., 246Rhoads, C. P., 248Riddervold, J., 71Ritterhoff, R. J., 132Robins, L., 75

Robinson, S., 200Roche, L., 253Rose, G. R. F., 136Russi, U., 254Ruttner, J. R., 252

S.

St. John, E., 249Sander, 0. A., 198Savit, J., 250Sharp, W. C., 137Shorvon, L. M., 196Sievers, R. F., 202Silverman, L., 254Skavlem, J. H., 132Smith, H. W., 72Smith, W. W., 246Speert, H., 130Stadie, W. C., 130Stock, J. P. P., 137Stocken, L. A., 194Strong, H., 74Stump, R. L., 69Sulzberger, M. B., 249

T

Tabershaw, I. R., 71Tatum, H. J., 248Tebbens, B. D., 71Teece, L. G., 134Thomas, J. W., 245Thompson, R. H. S., 194, 196Thomson, J. F., 250Thorn, G. W., 131Timmes, J. J., 67Tornell, E., 198Tourangeau, F. J., 75.Trenchard, H. J., 202

U

Uiberall, E., 195

v

Vigliani, E. C., 128

W

Wager, J., 251Warren, S., 196Watkins, W. W., 255Watson, E. B., 248Weatherburn, A. S., 136Weston, R. E., 245Wexler, J., 248Whitaker, P. H., 70White, W. A., 251Wigodsky, H. S., 250Willis, H. S., 199Wilson, D. C., 246Wintrobe, M. M., 249Witherup, S., 246Woodward, L. K. Jr., 75Wooster, H. A., 246

z

Zanotti, G. G., 2J4.

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