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-nduBtrlal Hygiene Digest - 19 August, 19**9 -K'J 3U0 ar. :ot < Ter.. *F : xr. _F ion, if n- t ' i j ( 3 i N *J f"3 The Treatment of Human Anthrax vith Penicillin. L. Weinstein and C.S. Oliver. An. Practitioner 2, 533 (April, 19**8). Cutaneous anthrax vas observed In three men vho vorked vfaere they cans In contact vlth hides or vool. They all nade complete recovery when treated vlth penicillin Intramuscularly. The response attributed to penicillin appeared to he more rapid than that to the sulfonamide com pounds and antiserum, whether these agents were used alone or In various canblnatlans. Since the mortality rate of cutaneous anthrax Is only about 16 to 22$, It Is difficult to evaluate the Importance of penicillin In saving the lives of the three patients. Because of ltB lack of toxicity and Its rapid action, penicillin appears to he the agent of choice In the treatment of cutaneous anthrax. -- Condensed from J. Ind. Hyg. I- Tax. 79 Medicine and the Changing Order: Industrial Medicine. V.F. Ashe. Ohio State mTj. IflTj 1115 (Nov. 1940J. Industrial medicine In the United States Is defined as medicine In Industry'(In more socialized countries Its meaning Is broader). The main purposes of Industrial medicine, as defined by Keboe, are stated: The author reviews the history of Industrial medicine. The need for adequately trained personnel, physicians and Industrial hygiene engineers, Is stressed At least nine medical colleges now have plans to develop graduate education In Industrial medicine, and many others are enlarging their under-graduate programs. These opportunities vlll make It possible to develop the type of Industrial physician vho vlll be Independent of both management and labor organizations. -- Condensed from J. Ind. Hyg. & Tox i :7ilnlcal Aspect of Disease of Bakers and Its Pathogenesis. 1. Di Frisco. Folia med. ^1, 62 (Feb. March, lstti) Italian. The author reports the case of a man aged 60 vho had vorked as a baker since be vas fifteen years old. He presented signs of previous rickets, that Is, knock knees, the right knee being more highly Involved; be also shoved signs of arthritic deformity In the lumbar region and thronlc emphysematous bronchitis. The branchial lesions were attributed to the Irritating action of the pulverized flour. The patient's occupa tion may be considered only as a contributing factor In the skeletal -.hanges but Is nevertheless of medicolegal Importance. The disease Is con sidered definitely an occupational erne. -- Condensed from J. Ind. Hyg. A Tox ! 7ilr,lcal Contribution on Methyl Bromide Poisoning. 0. Hager. Schweiz, med. Voch. jd, 1200-1262 (Dec. 31, 1940) Oermn. j* i Severe mental symptoms characterized the case of a vorker vho bad teen employed In a plant on a process In which about -r : "7l bromide were produced as a by-product In six hours. -Ho adequate protection vas furnished against escaping gaa. The symptoms began after ten days exposure. Treatment In hospital vas followed by complete recovery. Evi dence of toxic symptoms and of Injury to the epeeeh and vrltlng centers fsvored a diagnosis of poisoning rather than one of schizophrenia. The > 1