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Industrial Hygiene Digest - 22 August. ioUq 689 Are Annual Physical Examinations In the Automohlle Industry Desirable? W.A. Javac;.. . Ilea. 13, itH (July, 1949} : : ~ / It la practically Impossible far the medical deportments of large plants to give the employees annual physical elaminations. The author suggests as a compromise between the Ideal and the exigencies of Industrie] competition, examination of the following groups: (1) those employees having the more hazardous occupations, with attention to results of a par ticular hazard; (2) chronic absentees; (3) the aged; and (4) those re quiring special examinations. ~'89Q Basis of Approval of Medical "Services In Industry; " GJ. Heee. Ind. Med. id, 295-297 (July, 194$J. "* The American College of Surgeons maintains the following minimum standards for approval of industrial medical services: (1) there shall be an organized medical department with competent personnel; (2) the medical staff and consultants shall be restricted to qualified physicians; (3) medical records shall be adequately maintained and filed In the medi cal department; (U) approved hospitals shall be used far hospitalization of 111 or Injured; and (3) matters pertaining to general health of employee! and plant sanitation shall be under the supervision of the medical depart ment. These clauses represent only the framework, and the author goes to earns more detail In explanation. Ran*Industrial services should be re stricted to the point where such services do not trespass on the field of the private physician. Such service, conducted by the overwhelming majori ty of medical departments has been found to be entirely ethical In scope. Eye Burvey services have crept Into ease Industries, unfortunately In most Instances not operated by qualified ophthalmologists. Some approvals have been witheId an account of that feature alone. The fifth point In volving periodic plant inspections by the physician, Is Important. The method used by the College In surveying and rating medical services Is explained. 891 Cutaneous Granuloma from Accidental Contamination with Beryllium Phoechore. A.D. Hlchol and Rafael Dominguez"! J.A.M.A. 140. 055-660 (July 9, 19*$). (1) Chronic persistent granulomatous Inflammation of the akin with ulceration may follow accidental lacerations by the present type of fluorescent light bulbs (glass coated wlthzlnc beryllium silicate). (2) The histologic appearance of these skin granulomas Is similar to that found In the lung In fatal cases of pulmonary granulomatosis occurring In - beryllium workers. (3) Prevention of the cutaneous lesions can be accom plished only by wide excision preceding Initial closure. The lungs are not affected by beryllium Infection of the skin; the lung damage comes from inhaiI'wg the metallic element. -- Authors1 Conclusions 892 Blood Changes In Operatives Engaged In the Preparation of Hylon. C. Cereea. Med. d. Xavoro. 39, 162 (1948) Italian. The author examined 27 nylon operatives who had been some years In the Industry. Their hemoglobin figures ranged from 66 to 90$, nine of