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FILE NAME: Newspaper & Magazine Articles (NMA) DATE: 1948 DOC#: NMA101 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: NYT - Aid for Industry Urged On Doctors Cancer Factors Cited AID FOR INDUSTRY URGED ON DOCTORS Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES. New York Times (1X5 ~-Current file); Jan 7. 1948; ProQuest Historical N ewspapers The New York Times (1851 - 2003) Pg- 27 AID FOR INDUSTRY URGED ON DOCTORS Hazards in the Occupations of 15,000,000 in U. S. Stressed at AMA Congress CANCER FACTORS CITED 3,000 Delegates at Cleveland Also Hear Paper on Nutritional Needs Special t o T hb Nsw York T im e s, CLEVELAND, Jan. 6 -- The h e a lth of 15,000,000 A m ericans en gaged in hazardous occupations is the direct responsibility of the medical profession. This w as em phasized today by Dr. R. L .S en senich f South Bend, Did., presi dent-elect of the A. M. A., in an address a t the congress on indus trial health of the American Med ical Association. Adequate m easures should be taken to safeguard- the work er from exposure to excessive am ounts of harm ful substances, he told the delegates. Dr. W. C. Hueper of the W arren IIn s titu te fo r T h erap eu tic R esearch, New York, likewise w arned indus trial physicians to be on the look out for new types of industrial. |cancers resulting from use of new ly developed chemical and physical agents which have carcinogenic (cancer-inducing) properties. The 3,000 delegates who are a t tending the four-day m eeting also heard D r. R o b e rt S. G oodhart of New York stress the need for greater attention to the nutritional factors, of the industrial worker. In another session, D r. Alvan L. B ararti of New York discussed m odern .`tre a tm e n t fo r inflamedbronchial tubes and sinuses, and an outline of the- activities of re habilitation services of the V et erans A dm inistration was pre sented by Dr. Donald A. Covali also of New York. "T he individual and h is h e a lth are' of interest to the medical pro fession, not only throughout all his activities but also throughout all the years of his life," Dr. Sensenich declared. . "D ifferent ages present different problems, capaci ties and varying restrictions as to activities." Dr. H ueper declared th a t the |known cancer-inducing agents w ith which w orkers com e. into contact were ultra-violet rays, X -rays and rays from radioactive substances, compounds of arsenic, chromium, nickel and, perhaps, beryllium ;^ asbestos, tar, pitch, crude oils and greases prepared from petroleum , benzol and certain benzol derivatives such as betanaphthylam ine and benzidine. These m ay act upon the body, Dr. H ueper explained, through di rect contact w ith the skin or through inhalation or ingestion. Further, he declared th at the study of the causation of indus trial cancers would facilitate recognition of the environm ental origin of other cancers in m an re lated to factors associated w ith certain diets, medicines, medicinal devices, cosmetics, habits, customs, clim ate, contam inants or air, w ater and soil, foodstuffs and, since recent years, procedures of warfare. Aerosol Therapy discussed D r. B arach, who -is associate professor of clinical medicirfe a t, the College of Physicians and S ur-' geons of Columbia University, in a round-table discussion on the upper part of the respiratory tract, de scribed aerosol therapy, as the use of an atom izer or spray, to de posit sm all particles of drugs in the bronchial tubes and a ir cells of the lungs. Penicillin sprayed into the lungs helps m any respira to ry infections, h e said._ In this respect, he added, th a t (treatm ent of chronic sinusitis in adults and children appears to be "one of the m ost im portant th era peutic uses of penicillin ' aerosol when it is combined w ith a method of creating negative pressure of the nasal passages." '>D r. G oodhart, who is scientific director of the N ational Vitamin Foundation,' Inc., declared the spe cial and general nutritional prob lems of industrial w orkers can be solved only through the active co operation of m any different per sons and agencies in the plant, the comm unity and the home. "By no m eans the least of these, in either case, are the practicing physicians of the community," he asserted " Reproduced with permission of (he copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.