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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA
DATE 1948
DOC NMA101
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION NYT - Aid for Industry Urged On Doctors -
Cancer Factors Cited
AID
FOR INDUSTRY
URGED ON
DOCTORS
Special to
New
York
pg
27
TIIE
NEW
YORK TIMES
Times
Current file
Jan
7
1948
ProQuest Historical
Newspapers
The
New
York Times 1851-2003
1851-2003
1851-2003
AID FOR INDUSTRY
~
URGED DOCTORS
Hazards in the
15,000,000 in
at
AMA
Occupations of
U. S. Stressed
Congress
|
CANCER FACTORS
CITED
3,000 Delegates at Cleveland
Also
Hear
Paper
on
Nutritional Needs
Special to NEW YORK TIMES
CLEVELAND
Jan.
6 The
health
of
15,000,000
Americans
en-
gaged in hazardous
occupations is
the
direct
responsibility
of
the
medical
profession
This
was
em-
phasized
today
by
Dr.
R.
Sen-
senich of
South
Bend
Ind
presi-
elect of the
A.
M.
A.
in
an
address at the
trial health of
congress
on
indus-
the
American
Med.
ical
Association
Lo
Adequate
measures
should
be
taken
to
er
from
safeguard
the
work-
exposure
to
excessive
amounts of harmful substances he
told
the
delegates
Dr.
W.
C. Hueper of the Warren
Institute for Therapeutic Research
New York
likewise warned indus-
trial physicians
to
be
on
the
look-
out
for
new
types
of
industrial
cancers resulting from use of new-
ly developed chemical
agents
which
have
and physical carcinogenic
inducing
properties
The
3,000
delegates who
are
at-
tending the
four
meeting
also
heard
Dr.
Robert
S.
Goodhart
of
New
York
stress
the
need
for
greater attention to the nutritional
factors
of
the
industrial
worker
In
another
session
Dr.
Alvan
L.
Barach
of
New
York
discussed
modern treatment
for
inflamed
bronchial
tubes
and
sinuses
and
an
outlin oe f
the activities
of re-
habilitation
services
of
the
Vet-
erans
sented
also
of
Administration
by
Dr.
Donald
New
York
was
pre-
A.
Covalt
The
individual
and
his
health
are
of
interest
to
the
medical
pro-
fession not only throughout all
activities but
also
throughout
his all
the
years
of
his
life
Dr.
Sense-
nich
declared
Different
ages
present different problems capaci-
ties
and
varying
restrictions
as
to
activities
|
Dr.
Hueper
declared
;
that
the
known
inducing
agents
with
which
workers
come agents
into
contact
were
violet
rays
rays and
substances chromium
rays
from
radioactive
compounds
of
arsenic
nickel
and
perhaps
beryllium
asbestos
tar
pitch
crude
oils
and
greases
prepared
from petroleum benzol and certain
benzol
derivatives
such
as
beta-
naphthylamine
and
benzidine
These
may
act
upon
the body
Dr.
Hueper
explained
through
di-
rect
contact
with
the
skin
or
through inhalation or ingestion
Further
he
declared
that
the
study
of
the
causation
of
indus-
trial
cancers
would
facilitate
recognition
of
the
environmental
origin
of
other
cancers
^finman
re-
lated
to
factors
associated
with
certain
diets
medicines
medicinal
d ce lv ii mc ae ts e
cosmetics habits customs contaminants or air water
and
soil
foodstuffs
and
since
re-
cent
years
procedures
of warfare
Aerosol
Therapy discussed
Dr.
Barach
who
is
associate
professor
of
clinical
medicine
at
the
College of Physicians and
Sur-
geons
of
Columbia University
in
a
round
discussion on the upper
part
of
the
respiratory
tract
scribed
aerosol
therapy
as
the
of
an
atomizer
or
spray
to
deuse
de-
posit
small
particles
of
drugs
in
the
bronchial
tubes
and
air
cells
of
the
lungs
Penicillin
sprayed
into
the
lungs
helps
many
respira-
tory
infections
he
said
|
In this
respect
he
added
that
treatment
of
chronic
sinusitis
in
adults
and
children
appears
to
be
one
of
the
most important
thera-
peutic
uses
of
penicillin
aerosol
when it is combined with a method
of
creating
negative
pressure
of
the
nasal
passages
Dr.
Goodhart
who
is
scientific
director
of
the
National
Vitamin
Foundation Inc.
declared
the
spe-
cial
and
lems
of
general
nutritional
prob-
industrial
workers
can
be
solved
only
through
the
active
co-
operation
of
many
different
per-
sons and agencies in
the plant
the
communi a t ny d the home
By
no
means
the least
of
these
in
either
case
are
the
practicing
physicians
asserted
of
the
community
he
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