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FILE NAME: Merck (MK) DATE: 1943 DOC#: MK001 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Book Excerpt - Merck in List of Contributors [The Principles & Practice of Industrial Medicine The Principles and Practice of INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE Edited, by FRED J. WAMPLER, M.D. Professor, Preventive and Industrial Medicine MEDICAL COLLEGE O f VIHGINIA CONTRIBUTORS Otis L. Anderson R. N. Anderson Anna M. Baetjer J. J. Bloomfield J. A. Calhoun J. M. Carlisle George H. Cross Donald E. Cumming Charles F. Engel John H. Foulger Augustus Gibson T. Lyle Hazlett Albert Hemming F. F. Heyroth Joanna Johnson R. T. Johnstone Robert A. Kehoe M. H. Kronenberg B. E. Kuechle Matthew Luckiesh Willard Machie R. W. McKee Sarah I. Morris Kenneth Morse Frank K. Moss C. M. Peterson D. F. Robertson F. S. Rossit.er William A. Sawyer Louis Schwartz Lorin A. Thompson Fred J. Wampler George Zur Williams A William Wood Book Baltimore TH E WILLIAMS & WILKINS COMPANY 1943 s*v LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS fet" Anderson, Otis L,, B.Sc., M.D., F.A.C.P. burgeon, United States Public Hcnur, , . sion of Venereal Disease, r ? t " ' Asslstant Chief, Dh Maryland. ' tl0nal Instltute of Health, Bethesd Anderson, Richard N ., B.A., M A Virginia. Baetjer, Anna M., Sc.D. DePrtm' "` oSfpeEcdWucaantidonA, dR"1lc1hEmdo"n", Health, T h fjo h n I iIo p k S s SU ne' S? o1 of HySienc and Publi Bloomfield, J. J. niversity, Baltimore, Maryland. E " lth Service, and Chief c^ J T j X mV ^ a ,, nd.u stm l Hys,ene' N a tta a MediMd Director, American Viscose Corporation, Wilmington, Dels- Carlisle, J. M., M.D. Medical Director, Merck nnrl r u _ t-. , Professor of Industrial Medicine S n ^ T T ^ ' - ^ Z JerSey; Medicine, PhiladelDhia Ppnnc 1 ' 6 Umversity School of of Industrial Health and Hvc-f Van^ ' Executive Director, Bureau of Health. H ys`ene' New State Department Cross, George H., M.D. Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Universitv of P , 4cri' " X g l f n r r t i f r c T T `d " '- n Denver, Colorado. ' % of CoIorado School of Medicine, Engel, Charles F., M D . ^ S S S S s S S S P ^ Deceased December, 1942. IX f X LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS LIST OF C Gibson, Augustus, M.D. Physician, Merck and Company, Rahway, New Jersey H azlett, T. Lyle, M.D. Morris, Sarah I., M.D., F.A.C.P. Professor of Preventive Medici Medical Director, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Com pany ; Professor, Industrial Hygiene, University of Pittsburgh, P itts burgh, Pennsylvania. sylvania, Philadelphia, Pent M orse, Kenneth, M.S. Industrial Engineer, Division Hemming, Albert, M.B., Ch.B. Physician, Merck and Company, Rahway, New Jersey. Heyroth, F rancis F., M.D. Department of Public Heal Moss, Frank K., E.E. Physicist, Lighting Research I Assistant Professor of Research Physiology, Kettering Laboratory of Nela Park, Cleveland, Ohio Applied Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Peterson, C. M., M.D. Cincinnati, Ohio. ' Secretary, Council on Industi Johnson, Joanna, R. N. tion, Chicago, Illinois. Supervisor, Industrial Nursing Division, Employers M utual Liability R obertson, D. F., M.D. Insurance Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Associate Medical Director, Johnstone, Rutherford T., A.B., M.D. Jersey. Director of the Department of Occupational Diseases, Golden State R ossiter, Frank S., M.D. Hospital, Los Angeles, California; Formerly Assistant Professor Medical Director, Carnegie of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pitts Pennsylvania. burgh, Pennsylvania. Sawyer, William A., M.D. K ehoe, Robert A., M.D. Medical Director, Eastman F Research Professor of Physiology, Director, Kettering Laboratory of Schwartz, Louis, M.D. Applied Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, & Medical Director, United St: Cincinnati, Ohio. ' Dermatoses Investigations Kronenberg, M ilton IL, M.D. National Institute of Healt! Chief, Division of Industrial Hygiene, and Industrial Medical Super Thompson, Lorin A., Ph.D. visor, Department of Public Health, State of Illinois; Assistant Director, Population Study, Professor of Bacteriology and Public Health, University of Illinois mond, Virginia. Wampler, F red J., M.A., M.D., Chicago, Illinois. Kuechle, B. E., A.B. Professor, Preventive and Ij Vice-President and Claims Manager, Employers M utual Liability Out-Patient Clinic, Medica Southern Biscuit Compam Insurance Company, Wausau, Wisconsin. Luckiesh, M atthew, D.Sc., D.E. Williams, George Zur, M.D. Director, Lighting Research Laboratory, General Electric Company Associate Professor of Patho Nela Park, Cleveland, Ohio. ' k mond, Virginia; Member o Machle, Willard, M.D. Associate Professor of Research Physiology, Associate Director, K et tering Laboratory of Applied Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. M cKee, R. W., P h.D. Instructor in Industrial Hygiene, School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts. CONTRIBUTORS any, Railway, New Jersey. ouse Electric and Manufacturing ComHygiene, University of Pittsburgh, Pitts- >any, Rahway, New Jersey. rch Physiology, Kettering Laboratory of ?e of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, ng Division, Employers M utual Liability aukee, Wisconsin. B., M.D. of Occupational Diseases, Golden State 'alifornia; Formerly Assistant Professor >( Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pitts- ology, Director, Kettering Laboratory of ?e of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, I Hygiene, and Industrial Medical Superblic Health, State of Illinois; Assistant and Public Health, University of Illinois Manager, Employers M utual Liability isau, Wisconsin. E. Laboratory, General Electric Company, rch Physiology, Associate Director, Ketilied Physiology, College of Medicine, uncinnati, Ohio. tene, School of Public Health, Harvard chusetts. & r ; l ist o f co n tribu to rs XI Morris, Sarah I., M.D., F.A.C.P. MMookrse, Kenneth, M.S " Collegeo' Pe"n- ,, Moss, Frank K,, E.E. h' ChlcaS- Bhnois. m in o , state P P e t e r s o n , C. M., M.D. ` Secretary, Council on Industrial , tion, Chicago, Illinois. H / Robertson, D. F., M.D. ' General Electric Company, a h' Amoncan Medical Associa- Associate Medical Director, Merck end r n ^ Jersey. anc Company, Rahway, New Rossiter, Frank S., M.D. MS n t l " r r' Sawyer, William A., M.D. Company, Pittsburgh, S c H w TM r L ^ m r M rbEaStman K dak Cmpany> Rochester, New York. p ,. Service, and Chief, - THOM P^^^oRI^ ^ lp ^ <^ ^ ea^ ^ , te Director, Population Study, Virginia Stntp pi r, h, mond, Virginia. S State Planmng Board, Rich- Wampler, Fred J., M.A., M.D., M P H Administrator, Southern Biscuit e m p t y E h Health Consultant ft" Williams, Geoegp Zto, m D nd' V,rg'" k Associate Professor of Pathology, Medical rv,ll,,, , mnd' ^ - Armed F o ^ u t o m . v l S t c I t CONTENTS I. Notes on History........ Fred J . Wampler, M.D. II. Methods Employed in Hazards................ the Appraisal and Control of Industrial Health J- J . Bloomfield ......................................... ............ 23 IV' m T '* " d . 35 V' rred J. Wam fp,tlehre, MMe.Ddi.cal DePartment.... ........................ 43 ................................ 48 m - " ur ; f r : z s r ot thB a TM " m* * < *-- * . . .. 65 vm' rhl Z T S J S X T ` H"midilyon w"'i-- .. 69 " ............................. 91 x - Light, Lighting and Seeing.......... Matthew Luckeish, M.D., and Frank K. Moss E.E ' 101 XI. Fatigue............. ' Lorin A. Thompson, Ph.D. .............................. 133 X II. The Physical Examination........ Fred J . Wampler, M.D. 144 XIIL John H. Foulger,f MIndDustrial Exposure to Toxic Chemicals. 150 180 ' nRffoobfie!rwtaAz .LKt aedhroEe}xpMo.sDu,re and Lead Poisoning .................. 202 XVI. Carbon Disulfide............. x v n t H T W' McKe` ' pk- F ' '< M F . T 6 M n n \ u : F ......... 241 XVIII. XIX. ; . s r & s r * * . < ......................* Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Frank S. Rossiler, M.D. ..................................... ...................... 269 Some of the Poisonous Gases Frank S. Rossiter, M.D. .................................................................... .... xiii xiv CONTENTS XX. Electricity......... Charles F. Engel, M.D. .......................................................... 288 XXI. Occupational Diseases of the Skin boms Schwartz, M.D. ........................................................... 296 XXII. Pneumoconiosis (Dust Diseases of the Luna) George Zur Williams, M.D. g .............................. 345 X X III. Occupation and Tuberculosis . Sarah I . Morris, M.D. ..............................................................375 XXIV. Venereal Disease Control in Industry. utls B. Anderson, M.D. ..................................................... 394 XXV' W^ , IndUf ye Can Do Improve Nutrition William A. Sawyer, M.D. ....................................... 409 XXVI. XXVII. Eyes in Industry: Care and Prevention of Injury George H. Cross, M.D. ^Ury................................... 421 Traumatic Shock and Burns......... M ^ C h X 'a n d ^ '. F . T o b lZ o T M lM D ^ XXVIII. The Industrial Back.......... Rutherford T. Johnstone, M.D. ..................................................... 458 XXIX. The Nurse in Industry.......... Joanna Johnson, R.N. ................................................................ 483 XXX. Compensation......... B. E. Kuechle, A.B. ................................................................ 498 X X XI. Vocational and Industrial Rehabilitation..... Richard N. Anderson, M.A. .................................. 507 XXXII. XXXIII. Industrial Medical Service for the Smaller P lan t Fred J. Wampler, M.D. n t.................................... 518 Women in Industry........ MiUon //. Kronenberg, M.D., and Kenneth Morse, M . S . ..................... 523 C notes Industrial medicine is largely foir.tt Ty-t+hi--r--e---e-----y---e---ars ,, tne lmuaach, ineva from before the Christian era. the development of our knowle lined in this chapter. 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