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T^'cnty-fifth National Safety Congress iort long you have to think of some* thing Ue to maintain the interest of the men. Mr. Bonsib: Remember that every thing that w do b a result of two great principles. pride and fear. Fear gets re sults. in the way of discipline, but pride is the greatest instinct man has. lie awake at night thinking of how you can do your work better, and you will think of things that wRl appeal to the em ployees* pride. Fay attention to statis tics. but use them correctly. Get statis tics along lines that will show you where the trouble is, and what camel it. With such statistics you can stimolate the competitive instinct because deep down In his heart every man honestly be lieves he is lost as good as somebody else, and he wants to show it. Chairman Boolet: The meeting is ad journed. ADJOURNMENT Occupational Diseases FRIDAY MORNING SESSION October 9. 1936 The session was called to order by the chairman. Dr. Hart . Fisher, Vice-Presi dent for Health, National Safety CouncD, sod Chief Surgeon, Chicago Rapid Transit Co, Chicago, who presided, introducing the speakers. The Lesser Known Facts About Common Occupational Diseases By DR. ROBERT B. HUNT Medial Adviser. American Matari Liability Insannee Co. Beslan Probably the leader in the parade of industrial diseases is an acute or chronic inflammation of the skin which we call dermatitis. This disease may present it self in any type of shop, factory or foun dry. Any paste, powder, gas or liquid which comes in contact with the em ployee's skin, even the water supplied by the town in which he lives or works, may be the potential cause of mb a skin disturbance. The wide diversity of causes together with the varying susceptibility of differ ent individuals makes the problem of control difficult. Much investigation is under way to determine why one person may be sus ceptible to a certain substance while an other is not It has been proved many times that a poisonous substance formed within the body has been able U> prolong the action started by some external influ ence. A printer developed a marked dermatitis from ink which persisted for two years. Finally food tests were made and showed that he was susceptible to lettuce, which, when removed from his diet cleared the skm. He returned to his usual occupation without a return of symptoms. The poisoning of allergic substances is usually an accumulative process. It takes time to produce a manifestation of dis ease, but let any other substance cause the disease, and the irritating food may be of sufficient strength to magnify Hi action. All cases of dermatitis cannot be cured by eliminating offending foods, but fur ther investigation along these lines may give ui a due with which to lessen the loss of time from work and the dtseomfon now produced by industrial derma titis. Lead Metals The distribution of lead poisoning b quite extensive. The skin of the body is a protective covering, and as long as it remains in tact it does a good job except in the case of tetraethyl lead, which is used in blend ing gasoline and which is readily absorbed through the sldn. having a tendency to create changes in the nervous system. The effect of other forms of lead, through that avenue of entrance, b practically nil, which explains the extremely tow poisoning rate in typesetters, painters and others who continually come in contact with metallic lead. Lead In any form, introduced through the mouth, acts rather slowly when com pared with the inhalation of lead dost or fumes. However, no matter what the porta! of entry may be, lead is acted upOQ by the body fluids and so converted that it may eventually be deposited with in the bones. Those bony safe deposit vaults may retain their lead contents for days or for years, and if the exposure is removed, may also free the employee of all signs 117