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U. S. PUBLIC HEALTH 3ERVICE P Bureau of State Services NIH Bethesda 14, Md. January 2, 1945 Dr. M. H. Newqulat American Association of Industrial Physicians and 3urgeons The Texas Company 135 East 42nd Street New York 17, Hew York Dear Doctor Newquist: The synthetic resin industry has grown by leaps and bounds In the last few years and there are a great many cae.es of dermatitis occurring among workers making and handling synthetic resins. The last paper I wrote on this subject was published in 1935 and ay book oh Occupational Diseases of the Skin, by 3ohwarts and Tulipan only takes up the resins extensively used before 1939. I aa now engaged in writing a paper on "Dermatitis from Syn thetic Resins," wriioh brings the subject up to date. Such a paper is timely and may be of interest to industrial physicians and surgeons. Please accept this as ray application for space on the program and let me know whether it is accepted. The length of the paper is to be about 30 minutes. By direction, Chief of Division. Sincerely yours, /a/ Louis Schwartz Louis Schwartz, Medical Director Ciiief, Dermatoses Section LS/cmf