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Industrial Hygiene PlgeBt - 10 January, 1950 ! Industrial Medical Practice 28 Recent Developments In the Field of Education In Industrial Medicine. fc.W. Brown. South tied. J. 42, p. 591 (July, 1949). * The author shovs that the Council on Industrial Health of the American Medical Association has taken the position that occupational medicine should he officially recognized as a part of the standard undergraduate curriculum. Hie physician should he able to cope vlth those problems of Industrial medi cine vhlch may arise in the course of general practice. The author has studied the present Btatus of courses on industrial medicine In 36 approved medical schools. -- Condensed from Arch. Ind. Hyg. & Occ.Med. 29 Medical Progrees: Industrial Medicine. I.B. Tabershav. New Eng. J. Med. 2*K3, 50b-51& (March 31, 1949). This Is a review of the important developments in Industrial medicine during 1948. It covers the following topics: beryllium and atomic radia tion, pneumoconiosis, specific chemlcalB, dermatitis, rohaDllltatlon and Job placement, psychiatry, education, and medical services. ll':> references. -- J. Ind. Hyg. & Toxicol. 30 The Health Committee. Irene M. Willoughby, ind. Med. lb, 503-504 (Dec. 1949). The organization of an active health committee Is urged as an effective measure far promotion of health among Industrial employees and their families. In the smaller plant, the committee can also take the responsibilities per taining to hygiene and sanitation. Methods of organization, functions, and topics far campaign promotion are suggested. 31 Evaluation of Several Methods of Functional Examination of Respiration In bhe Diagnosis of Silicosis. M.V. Evfeenova. Klin. Med. Mosk. 25] p. 43 (19W) Russian" An Investigation was made Into the functional capacity of the lungs in workers exposed to dust and -workers whose lungs showed evidence of slllco8Is. Vital capacity was measured In 431 cases, Including 98 controls. The results In men and women were the same. With Increasing severity of silicosis the vital capacity fell markedly. The Initial vital capacity was slightly greater than In the control group, vhlch was thought due to the development^.of a compensatory emphysema In the Initial stages of the disease. The reduction In vital capacity was mainly due to a fall In the complemen tary air, and to a lesser extent to a fall In the reserve air. There was a fall In tidal air only In stage 3. A rise In ventilation rate per minute was observed In the cases of silicosis compared vlth normal subjects. Grade exercises led to a normal response (pulse and respiration rate returned to a normal within three minutes) In 84$ of the control group and