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*W Vv,,r; Tnluatrlal Hygiene Digest - 33 August, 19U9 Skin Diseases and Burns J20 Pruritus In Industry. A.V. Magee. Practitioner 161, 409 (Nor. 1948). -j- It Is Important that a vorker vho complains of Itching that might be due to his vork be removed from vork Immediately. He should remain avay i from all vork, except perhaps In an outdoor Job, until he Is cured or the Itch Is proved to be non-occupational. Neglect of these precautions may lead to the establishment of an Idiosyncrasy. -- Condensed from J. Ind. Hyg. A Tax. 921 Sensitization Studies vith Nall Polish Base Coats. L.K. Halpern and fe.S. Weiss. InA. Med. A Burg, lb, 339-5W (Aug. 1949). ( S The ."prophetic patch test" vas performed with nail polish base coat on 200 volunteers vlth one veakly positive result. This occurred on a previously non-exposed Individual on Initial application and on re-teating. (2) Sight Individuals vere tested vlth a combination of nail polish base coat and nail polish. The one Individual vho reacted vlth a veak positive to the base coat alone, responded In the same manner to the combination. (3) Patch testing as performed according to the standard technique, the limitations of vhlch have been mentioned, vould Indicate that nail polish base coats are not primary Irritants ami are sensitizers of lov potentiality. -- Authors' Summary 922 Contact Dermatitis In Celery Farmers. J.O. WIs veil, J.V. Irvin U. Cuba, F.M. Backemann and B.L. Nerl. J. Allergy 19, 596 (Nov. 1948). ; There Is no record of celery dermatitis In this country until 1959, vhen the green Pascal variety vas introduced. The dermatitis vas studied In the vorkers on sixteen farms and one food-packing plant. The lesions developed an the area of the skin most exposed and certain families of vorkers seemed to be more susceptible than others. Bark skinned laborers 1 from Jamaica and the Bahama Islands seemed to be Immune. The dermatitis Is of the contact type and appears to be due to the oil In the celery plant. Dextro-llmanene may be a factor In this oil. In a pilot experl- meat tvo highly sensitive vorkers vere protected by Injections of the celery oil. -- Condensed from J. Ind. Hyg. A Tox. , 923 Management of Occupational Dermatoses. D.O. WeItan. Forth Carolina M. J. jj, 61 (Feb. 1948). X The various agricultural enterprises, manufacturing Industries, and 1 chemical and mining Industries In North Carolina give rise to a correspondd . lag variety of occupational exposures. More than half of the man-days lost N In one year because of occupational diseases vere due to dermatoses and I Irritation of the eyes. SuggestIans far reducing this loss of time Include: I j | :* J j< | I' ,