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FILE NAME: Maryland Casualty Company (MCC) DATE: 1937 DOC#: MCC009 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Book Excerpt - Conference on Silicosis Attracts Expert Audience [The Pneumonokonioses - Literature & Laws - Book III] THE PNEUMONOKONIOSES (SILICOSIS) s > Literature and Laws Book III International Abstracts, Extracts and Reviews of the Pneumonokonioses and Their Associated Diseases and Subjects by GEORGE G. DAVIS, M. D. Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, Rush Medical College, University of Chicago; Attending Surgeon, Cook County Hospital ELLAIM. SALMONSEN Medical Reference Librarian, The John Crerar Library, Chicago JOSEPH L. EARLYWINE Attorney at Law, Chicago Ttve iSiu o v wO D, k <5v i s C h ic a g o M e d ic a l P r e s s (Not inc.) Canal & Jackson Building 302 So. Canal Street CHICAGO, ILL. 117 the hazard. Many employers are still unaware that their workers are exposed to silica dust. Industrial nurses and others respon sible for health preservation have a definite responsibility in this field. To plead ignorance in such a matter can hardly be suffi cient excuse. 107. Conference on Silicosis Attracts Expert Audience. Medical, Legal and Insurance Representatives Survey the Prob lems of Toxic Dusts. Spectator. 134:30-31, June 27, 1935. A thorough survey of the medical, claim and engineering aspects of occupational disease, with particular emphasis on dust diseases, characterized the Third Conference on Occupational Diseases, held on June 20 and 21, at the National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters, New York City. The conference, which was divided into two morning and two afternoon sessions, was attended by more than 225 special representatives of insurance companies and interested observers from the medical and legal professions, the limited space available being filled to capacity at the sessions. While the nature of the conference called for careful treatment of subject matter by experts in medical and legal technique as well as in insurance, it is worthy of comment that coverage of the conference subject was handled for the most part by insur ance representatives, only four of the sixteen speakers being non insurance representatives. As in the case of the two preceding conferences, this third conference was made notable by the pres ence of everybody of importance in the field of occupational disease. As Dr. Anthony J. Lanza, assistant medical director with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., commented: "The conference represented the best medical, legal and insurance aspects of the occupational disease problem." A t the open forum frank discussion of the ramifications of sili cosis and kindred occupational diseases, including research, lab oratory procedure, control of toxic dusts and examination of blood, sputum and urine in the diagnosis of silicosis, occupied the attention of the insurance fraternity. The concluding session was restricted to insurance company representatives only. During the session acceptance and rejection of risks in industries exposed to the occupational disease hazard were discussed at length by Dr.'Rbscoe Gray, Aetna Life Insurance Co., John B. Lamenzo, Hartford Accident & Indem nityC o,, and Sanford B. Perkins, Travelers Insurance Co. The keen interest and enthusiasm manifested during the twoday session have led to the conviction that a repetition of the conference in November would aid materially in solving the diffi culties generated by this increasingly important industrial prob lem.