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FILE NAME: ZK/L DATE: DOC#: BO/L DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: ZZZ 7)9 uction capa.:ities of the v1riaus 'g.;.i co tho De t.,. ,,! 1nd Smrpl,s t'Kpar.uors1 it might be mentioned ifds construction w.as med in the -~ scpaotor a.bout 50 ~ei.rs ...go re lshdm patcnr) aad IS sn ii a ry~. . ~1pite of rhe fact thac the: wncc:r ' Wt thcic could have be.ea more information and drawjngs given WC gteat credit is due che .z.uthor dTon'5. BAaTHo,.o"o;w VroL~. 1 E.orroa.: 'i'C just finished r~ding the com~ \ don 15 from Mr. 5,;nford A. Moss ' ed in the August issue, and ma.y :tb:at I a.grcc hc:arcilr wirh Mr. ltt S1ying chat chc editor can be of chc ppci:s he h published on .., engineering subjccrs. I ,....ould '. gofurthcr.howc,cr, and say thac. '.opioion, the edimr can also be: of the papers he hos published oa , .a.nJ socla.l marten. ''sure tharic would be very dif!ieult -whcclm- thc so-,;,lled nontechnical ' which have been published in ENGINlUiRJNG in the: Wt rs 0 havc had an effect on i::hc -~s progress worth the cosc to the ofprinriog chem." ldo feel vcty 'Jy howcvct, chac unless knowledge "socia1 ;iad economic: needs of the better ttnderstood, ;tnd rh.:1.c by pk, and nlc,s such needs :"' J in :ill phases of hum:tc act!\.'. re may be grave d:ing,r of fail_urc xo che full bencfm of ccchn1c.,.l which engineers hav,;: made ,.bk. aps I may be p:irdonc:d for quoring .-a critique of Professor Ca.bot of University in which he w:z.s dis.p.1.pcrs presented. :tt the Seventh doo:t.I M.'\.na.gcrnc:ntCongrc:ssdcal. 1h adrnini:s.rutivc and 6.n.-indat Is: _.may say! fiot, that the business :2.J- ,,. b:u .s:hown d,iUcy cf a: birh dealing with wh.tc might be: i:.alkl his t m.atc::ri:1I: The ~istencc of largc:- unry ptOYS this. sond.1 he is be- to m::oRniz.c th.2t "'thc s:oeiety t1ithfo "snd ''the- gl"C:ltsodcty"" ouuidcof it ~ 0 hL1m:1.n beings :bout whom be t know i;nough. But b: is i:mkiog hy applying sc:icotific mt:thods o( oh~ n ;1,nJ t':Si:an;h co the ''!tod~ry withia : ThirJ~ ll1 his dcating$ with .. the ~y'' he $till goes l.ll'gely bt "'$tndl.. klyn, N. Y. Member .,.S.M.ll. ~ m<'.-\.L E:.lc.1Nncruso, August, 19}9. In ac::t, in ihis field he closely resembles a blind dog in: ~ me-2.c shop. Fourth, he ha.s vioi'!o:d the pciaciple of balaoco, . : .. hr .allowing himse)f to become engrossed 10 the: (udm.,ing tcclullqua of . . . admini,tn~ rloo. while be: bas neg:b:i;ted rhc social and human prohJ~ms of his bnsiness1 which ue it& /0,und.a.cion. Under these ,;:ircnmsaacts, he muse oow eocus his andu'ion on his soc:ial problems tot" th:: purpose ot cicvcfopiog aaeqwitc: cec:hoiquc:s cf obscrv.a.cioa ind ercatm:t, Only thus can hi: n:storc the b2l:u1cc which is :an imt"nti.:.l cQnditi.oo or ~be Hie- of brsc:caJe bwinm. In other words, my plea co you, Mr. Editor, t:1 that you continue your pri:sc:it policy of publishing not only excellent p:1.pcrs on suictly -engfoi:!edng subjects, but likewise excellent papers on social .aod economic ma.ccers. A. A. TALMAon.t ~ d ~ t Dcputmcat Head, Eb.iwJSuvices. In,:., NC"\..- Yod:, :N. Y. Mcm. A.S.M.E. To Trra Ennoa: I certainly wa..ot to add my small voice tO the protest r,,iscd by Sanford A. Moss io h.ts lctcer11 in the August issue which objects to the pdaring: of so many :trcidc:s d~ling wich sociology. lo these days of brain crustci:s, whee oac masc spend so much cjmc combatting ill-~dviscd 2ndcrackpoc Iegis:11.tioa, it is vezy disconcrrdn.g to slip inro :10 easy chair with your f.avoritc m2.ga%inc and find thac it, too, i$ wandering far from its proper 6dd ioto what or best is ooly theory. Please give lls more .articles dca.Hng with the dc6.nitc things in which we; .1rc interested so chat our m;i.ga2:inc may ne1.rer live up to its tide MBcttANICM. EN'Gt.~R.lNG. M. B. Kum," ~ t s Engineer, Union Lnmha- C.Ompany, Sa,, mnciw>, Cali/. M<:m. /1. S.M.E, REVIEWS OF BOOKS PLAINTIFF'S EXltfE AS,.\f-47 Medicolegal Phases of Occupational Diseases Mm:uoo.LStJAL Pw.us or 0cctJ?ATIOYAL Dud .....,_ f C. 0. Sappiagt<>o, lndusui,! HIch Book Co., Chicago, 1939. Cloth, ~/, X 8'/, ia., 405 pp., illu,., cbsns, tables, S2.n,. Rcvts\VED B'i' TaEOI>OllE F. HATCnt IN 1928 oply tea se.1tcs made any provision fot" OCC1Jp-3cion:il-Jl~.1sc coverage under their workmcns .:ompcnsa.tion lows. llr 1938, howe,-er, the aumbu ha.d doublcJ :r.nd several additional sutc:s h.,d under consideration proposed laws respec:t:fog ht:a1th haZ:trds in ind.u.scry. During this same tcn-yQr period chc aumbcr of state$ c.ag:igcd in thcscudy and concrol of induscrfal hcalrh hazards inerc:i.scd ouny fold. fn the cadr p.rt of the decade uadct' consid.eradon, before nevv legisladoo h:id been adopted. there w:is frc4uent recourse to the courrs for the ~tdcment of c:12,ims. with respect to occupation.1.l di$~:tses which. v,,.crc nor: covcrOO: by existing cornpcns:1tion L\\1,s. Because of :rhc:sc rapid clun.gcs in and cxt~nsion 0 state laws, much inti:rcs't centers around the mcdicolc:g:1.1 ph:t:scs of occupational diseases_ Hence, rhe present -ulume is ;t v:1.iu:iblc coatribution to the litcr;iture. Dr. S:tppingcon has m;1.dc no ~adatc Duse Control Engineer,. Dhi:sioA of Industrial Hygidlc, N. Y. St:&ti: Dc:~rrmi::ot of L..1bor1 Kew Yrul:', :,.;. Y. Mcm\.S.~tE. 2.ttcmpt co prepare: a trl!iltis oti ind.ustri.11 hygiene but h.s preseoccd in outline fottn io Pal"t 1 some of the more im porta.Dt 2.Spcccs of the problem in induscry iacluding the ca.uses of occup.,.t.ional disc:a5CS, st'lnd:irds of permissible cxposurci 13roccdurcs for conducting industria.1bygicnc suc,;cys and technical methods of air analysis> and fuullr che conttoi of occup:u:ion:d <ljseai:t:. 'the remaining three pa.rts h;1.vc ro do with insnr.incc, rncdic.2I, .i11d icgal [!fObldtls. For insur:ulCC. carriers, the .a.uthoc recommends chc !iztlk specili.c. approach to the cvaluarion of hcralrh h.tzuds th.tr are followed in b:isic sdcocific studies of hu.ards with close cooper;1.rion benvccn rhc engineering, medical, claim, ;1.nd od1er dcparnncnt.s of the org~ni~t.ion. ~c is empliosi2cd tlur phys~cal . rnspccn~ns alone do not yidd _o;u.fiic1(:nt 1.oform.tt1on to pc:ani.c a final c:valu.tt:ioa o( occuparfon.1J Jj,sc;rsc b.a:i.:ard.s. Tbt i.mpororoc.:of the :1pplication of preventive measures c:an never be ovcremphasixcd by the in- i.ur:ince carrier. .The funccion of the indusrrial physicfan is co discover 2.nd crc;1t occupidond dis~ses i\nd to csu.blish :and conduct the necessary progr;1.rn of mcdic,.1 ptC\'cntiun of such diseases. An Unport:u1t ~tt:dvicy in connection with the bctcr is, of course. clu:: routine phy$iul cxamil).3.rions of workers and their placing in occupations suited to their physical cond.i.cions. Whi!e: the induscti:11 physician is oot C'X