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Industrial Hygiene Digest - 34 i August, lou (1) Improved cooperation of the patient, the physician, the employer, am his Terrier, ar.d the State Industrial Commission; (2) Temporary 9'~ transfer of the vorker to another Job; (3) Careful preemployment examine, < tlops. Hie etlologlc diagnosis and the treatment of occupational densat.ost3 are discussed. -- Condensed 'from J. Ind, Hyg. 9SU Etlologlc Factors of Woodcutter's Eczema. F. Tencblo. Dermatologies 97. 72 (19**ti). Hie eczema of lumber Markers described by Tenchlo Is usually localized .to the valstllne, vhlch the vorkman are In the habit of girding vlth a -------- scarf or a sash. ~It -Is.also seen around the necks of persons vho transport vood on their shoulders. Ibs fact that the eczema never attacks persons working on young plantations, hut only those felling older trees, gave rise to the presumption that a lichen an the old tree trunks, viz. ,Parmelia cap. erata, might possibly be the cause of the eruption. Experiments made vlth the lichen Itself and vlth an extract prepared from It proved the correct* ness of this supposition. But the lichen Induces the eczema only when there le severe sweating and exposure to sunlight. -- J. Ind. Eyg. & To*. i; 9- 925 The Provocative TeBt for Assaying the Dermatitis Hazards of Dyes and Flnlahei Used on Nylon. A.J. Fleming. J. Invest. Dermat. loj SHI (April 1948). Ibs results of patch tests carried out by Fleming to determine the skinIrritative or sensitizing properties of nylon yarn, nylon-coated cotton end nylon parachute cloth showed that nylon Is apparently fires from irritating or sensitizing properties. Tests vlth fourteen technical dyes and various dyed nylon fabrics have shown that certain dyes are strong sensitizers and should not be applied directly to nylon fabric or to any fabric to be worn In close contact vlth the akin, the danger of dye dermatitis Is greatly enhanced If the dye bleeds readily from the fabric. Experience has shown that certain hosiery finishes have given rise to dermatitis. It Is impor tant that all new finishes should be tested to Insure their safety. Manu facturers of nev synthetic fibers should furnish to the trade detailed pro cedures for safe dyeing and finishing of the fibers. They should teat the safety of nev textile materials by approved standardized methods. - J. Ind. Hyg. k Tox. * I $ h 'i' 9 926 An Investigation Into the Cause of Temporary Sensitization Phenomena (Contact Dermatitis) In Workers at a Quinine Factory. J.F.C. Uerz. Hederl. TIJdachr. v. Geneesk 93, 170-175 (Jan. 15, 19**9). Dutch. From a quinine factory employing 188 vorkers, 22 workers were discover ed suffering from dermatitis. Such skin lesions vers almost unknown In this factory before the war. Various minor changes had been made In the process of manufacture, hut none of these could be Incriminated as the cause of the outbreak. Patch tests shoved that 16 of the 22 patients vers sensi tive to some quinine product and repeat tests might have given positive tests In the othor six. The appearance of so many nev cases was believed due to the employment of a number of nev and Inexperienced vorkers. Five months after this outbreak only one nev case had appeared. -Condensed from Bull. Hyg. ft $ \