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FILE NAME Industrial Hygiene Foundation IHF DATE 1953 DOC IHF054 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Industrial Hygiene Digest - Abstracts & Member Committee Member Lists . . aael ais ... 1953 ANNUAL INDEX pacersira eed yee Dire ee er Se ta ter2te Industrial Hygiene Digest 6 mS eh eh INDUSTRIAL HEALTH NEWS ltr es bas ol LITERATURE ABSTRACTS MEDICAL ENGINEERING CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGICAL LEGAL ... decisions and trends INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION MELLON INSTITUTE 7 4400 FIFTH AVENUE - PITTSBURGH 13 PA strial Hygiene - Digest 22 | June 1953 Right Ventricular Hypertrophy in the Pneumoconiosis of A. J. Thomas Brit Heart J. 13 1-9 1951 Coalminers . A series of 50 hearts from cases of coalminers been dissected and the ventricular pneumoconiosis have tricle to weights recorded The ratio of left ven- right ventricle LV ratio shows a great reduction and there is a consistent relative increase in the weight of the right ventricle graphic study of 146 persons normal men miners and A cardio- with all stages of miners and patients pneumoconiosis has shown that V6 changes most with in- creasing severity of lung disorder In the most V6 is diminished and the S wave is severe groups theR wave of increased in amplitude A suggestion is made that a lead from the third | interspace immediately above V2 in the diagnosis of right ventricular may help hypertrophy when it shows an r wave of 4 mm or more in height Certain effects of gram are described respiration on the electrocardio- on the particularly the respiratory variation of the chest leads right side This is presumed to be a ings suggest that the positional change but some find- mechanism of respiratory variation should be investigated in relation to further respiratory function . oS . : -- Author's summary Bull Hyg ~ 602 Favoring Factors Phagocytosis by Inflammation Edna H. Tompkins 29 217-231 March 1953 Endothelial and Mary A. Grillo Cells Am Early in J. Pathol The endothelial cells of subcutaneous tissues the called wandering cells represent active defenders in the first 12 hours inflammation They become activated in of traction excretion of fluid from preparation for phagocytosis by con- their fluid vacuoles and changes in the consistency of their cytoplasm Once tact with particulate activated they are aided in making con- by the substances and are supported in surface phagocytosis movements of the underlying muscles and of the polymorphonuclear cells val of the infiltrating ameboid They carry the burden of phagocytosis before arri- 12 hours tphoelymorphonuclear cells and they alone must phagocytose for about morphonucleamracneyllisnvad_ ing substances that are not phagocytosible by the poly- -- Authors summary Dust Diseases G. E. Spencer 389-391 April 25 1953 Bull Allegheny Co. Med Soc 42 cated Survey physicians do not merely reporting the findings as aptnteeummpot ctoondiiofsfeirsen"tiaItt eisthtehedust diseases of the family physician to determine which of responsibility these diseases is present and to decide what should be done certain After miliary tuberculosis carcinomatosis fungus diseases and siderosis due to the various organic disease are excluded pneumoconioses must be considered Anthracosis silicosis Industrial Hygiene Digest - 23 June 1953 discussed siderosis berylliosis asbestosis and the cussed briefly in relation to organic dust diseases are dis- national diagnosis The importance of history is emphasized whether a man should be The factors to be personal and occu- considered when taken from his job are deciding : ,, , ,The Clinical Picture and : .. Unfallmed u Pathology of Asbestosis Asbestosis W. Behrens Jr. ept 15 1952 BGeerrumfa krnankh 45 129-140 June 15 1952 179-189 Symptomatology 14.2 1.4 This paper presents an including distribution extensive review of literature on and types of asbestos its asbestosis st hazards and effects of mining treatment and length of exposure of the dust in use centration different con- es of asbestosis diagnosis and ray findings in the are described Special mention is made of different asbestosis with carcinoma which is much the association ps ps of mortem reports from the literature more frequent than that of sili- asbestosis there were 44 of lung carcinomas silicosis only 32 carcinomas were found whereas in 204 cases association of tuberculosis and The experience of the English investigators have asbestosis asbestosis varies greatly in different asbestos workers recorded high high rate of countries but it is a tuberculous infection in rare complicationcomplication in in Germany The macroscopic America and the rate is low LMuendg Carcinoma Caused by Asbestos Inhalation Monatsschr 7 77-81 1953 German F. Boemke The relation between in the lung and carcinoma fibrotic changes changes caused by asbestos dilection is discussed The lower lobe is deposits Characteristic are the the site of pre- thelium carcinoma multicentered multicentered developments of flat epi- -- Chen Absts PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT 1955 1955 J.Carbon Carbon Carbon Dioxide and Respiratory Respiratory Regulation at Appl Physiol Physiol 5 603-666 Regulation Regulation Regulation Altitude April F. G. Hall , breathed Fourteen young men gas mixtures with with exposed varying to simulated concentrations altitude of 22,000 feet .1 varying concentrations concentrations diozide diozide russures russures of oxygen and carbon diozide diozide Th Te he | carbon dioxide in alerul BEY egy: correlatest correlatest 4 ereae Tee En e etnRae Copyright 1954 industrial Hygiene Foundation of America Inc. Pittsburgh Pa 4 | CONFERENCE TRANSACTIONS OF EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION OF AMERICA Medical -Legal -Joint Medical -Engineering -Engineering Toxicological HELD AT MELLON INSTITUTE PITTSBURGH PA WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 18 1953 OFFICERS OF INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES Company York ANDREW FLETCHER Chairman President St. Joseph Lead New N.Y. V. P. AHEARN Secretary Executive Secretary National Industrial Sand Association Washington D.C. C. WATERS General Counsel Mullikin Stockbridge & Waters Baltimore Md W. ANDERSON Vice President General Motors Corporation Detroit Mich H. G. BATCHELLER President Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation Pittsburgh Pa VANDIVER BROWN Secretary Manville Corporation New York N.Y. H. K. CLARK President The Carborundum Company Niagara Falls N.Y. NED H. DEARBORN PH.D. Managing Director National Safety Council Chicago Ill J. DEWEY DORSETT General Manager Association Casualty & Surety Companies New York N.Y. PHILIP DRINKER SC.D. Harvard School of Public Health Boston Mass WILLIAM B. GIVEN JR President American Brake Shoe Company New York N.Y. CLINTON S. GOLDEN Labor Adviser Economic Cooperation Administration Washington D.C. A. C. HIRTH Owens Glass Company Toledo Ohio R. A. HITCHINS President National Refractories Company Philadelphia Pa B. E. KUECHLE Vice President Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company Wausau Wis A. J. LANZA M.D. Chairman Institute of Industrial Medicine New York University New York N.Y. J. W. MCLAUGHLIN Vice President Union Carbide & Carbon Corporation New York N.Y. JOHN F. MCMAHON Managing Director Industrial Hygiene Foundation Pittsburgh Pa GEORGE MIXTER Vice President U. S. Smelting Refining & Mining Company Boston Mass BEN MOREELL Chairman and President Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Pittsburgh Pa R. R. SAYERS M.D. Chairman Medical Advisory Board UMW Welfare & Retirement Fund Washington D.C. R. C. TAYLOR Vice President American Can Company New York N.Y. M. W. THOMPSON Treasurer and General Manager Hall China Company East Liverpool Ohlo W. P. YANT SC.D. Director of Research and Development Mine Safety Appliances Company Pittsburgh Pa R. E. ZIMMERMAN SC.D. + Vice President U. S. Steel Corporation of Delaware Pittsburgh Pa FOUNDATION STAFF John F. McMahon . + . . . . Managing Director H. H. Schrenk Ph.D. . . . . . . Research Director Walmer Richard M.D. . . . =. Medical Director C. C. L. Hemeon . . . . . . Engineering Director Theodore F. Hatch . . . . . . Laboratory Director Ellen C. Diamond . . . . . . . Secretary Jack Brown Ph . .... Research Biochemist James F. Morgan . . . 1. . Chemical Chemist Chemical Harlow M. Chapman . .. . . Engineer George F. Haines Jr. . . . . . Chemical Engineer Nancy C. Butler . . . . . . Research Assistant Mercedes M. Baumbeck . . . . Research Assistant Raymond S. Clemens . . . . . Research Assistant Raymond P. Srsic . . . . . . Research Assistant Paul Gross M.D. MEDICAL ADVISERS C. F. Kutscher M.D. C. Howard Marey MD RESEARCH ADVISORY COUNCIL F. Hatch .. - Industrial Hygiene Foundation Pittsbur Theodore Secretary W. A. Hamor Sc.D. . . sons T.Lyle Hazlett M.D.M.D. : Westinghouse Corporation A. J. Lanza M.D. . a eee Willard Machle M.D. Appliances Company Safety W. P. Yant Sc.D. . rr Mine Zimmerman R. E. Sc.D.Sc.D. wee ee U.S.U.S. Steel . - Mellon Institute Pittsbur Electric Pittsbur New York University New Yo . Apliances Consultant New Yo Pittsbur~fl Corporation of Delaware Pittsbur~fl COMMITTEES MEDICAL COMMITTEE Foundation Hygiene Industrial . A. J. Lanza M.D. Chairman re O. A. Sander M.D. Chairman ... . New York University New Yo - Consultant Milwauk C. Richard Walmer M.D., M.D. Secretary E. H. Carleton M.D. oe T. Lyle Hazlett M.D. . 2... Westinghouse Raymond Hussey M.D. . . . oe Pittsburg Inland Steel Company East Chicago In , Electric Corporation Pittsburg Council on Industrial Health AMA Chica A. G. Kammer M.D. 2 2... . Pittsburgh Willard Machle Pittsburg M.D. 2... eee . of Howard Marcy M.D. ... 0, C. Hercules University C. L. McGee M.D. 2. . oe University of - . Consultant New Yor of Pittsburgh Pittsburg Powder Company Wilmington De C. M. Peterson M.D. . UMW R. R. Sayers M.D. 2... | ._ Council on Industrial Health AMA Chicag Welfare Retirement Fund D. & MichWiagsahnington D. Selby M.D. ww... ee ee . University of Ann Arb PREVENTIVE ENGINEERING COMMITTEE Philip Drinker Chairman ..... . . . Harvard School of Public Health Bosto Brandt Valley Mould W. L. Hemeon Secretary . . A. E. Abel nee eee A. D. Sc.D. li. . Industrial Hygiene Foundation Pittsburg and Iron Corporation Hubbard Oh - Bethlehem Steel Co. Bethlehem P John M. Kane . . see ee ee es American Air Filter Co. , Louisville K Frederick S. co te Kriger L. Shelly 2... - Westinghouse R. Small 2... Company F. E. Tayler . eee - Air Corning Glass Works Corning N. Air Brake Company Wilmerding P Westinghouse- Aluminum Company of America Pittsburg . ... . American Brake Shoe Detro CHEMICAL AND TOXICOLOGICAL COMMITTEE H. F. Smyth Jr. Ph.D. Chairman .. Ph.D. H. H. Schrenk Industrial Foundation James F. Ph.D. CoChairman . Morgan Secretary Anna M. Baetjer Sc.D. - E. Barnes . . . Dee ee Westinghouse W. R. Bradley 0.2.2.2. W. A. Cook oo. we L. C. Flickinger . . 2... Youngstown C. Flint 2. + +... Francis R. Ph.D. Ph.D. a Holden D. Irish Ph.D. 2. ww. F. A. we ee Patty W. Sc.D. 2... 1 . . . . Mellon Institute Pittsburg . Hygiene Pittsburg Industrial Hygiene Foundation Pittsburg - Johns Hopkins University Baltimor Electric Corporation Pittsburg American Cyanamid Company New Yor | - . Zurich Insurance Company Chicag Sheet & Tube Company Youngstown Ohi Hazel Glass Company Washington P . Naval Radiation Laboratory San Francisc - Dow Chemical Company Midland Mich . . General Motors Corporation Detro Mine Safety Appliances Company Pittsburg LEGAL COMMITTEE Theodore C. Waters Chairman Vandiver Brown . , A. J. Gentholts 2... 2 A. Hirth . . toe ee Kalmykow Asociaton Toledo Andrew wee ee Association Kuechle E. 2. 2 0. L. C. Oviatt R. . . woe Quebec Ivan Sabourin K.C. K.C. . R. Worth Vaughan Vaughan Vaughan - Mullikin Stockbridge & Waters Baltimor wee . Manville Corporation New Yor Republic Steel Corporation Cleveland Ohi - Illinois Glass Company Ohi Casualty & Surety Companies New Yor Employers Mutual Insurance Company Wausau Wi . Carbide & Carben Chemical Corporation New Yor Quebec Asbestos Producers Producers Association Montreal Canad - + American Smelting & Refining Co. New Yor W. E. Zinimerman . re . Sun Oil Co. Philadelphi INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION COMMITTEES MEDICAL COMMITTEE O. A. Sander M.D. Chairman A.G. Kammer M.D. Chairman D. Braun M.D. Secretary E. H. Carleton M.D. L. E. Hamlin M.D. R. A. Kehoe M.D. E. M. Kline M.D. C. Howard Marcy M.D. L. C. McGee M.D. C. M. Peterson M.D. C. Selby M.D. W. P. Shepard M.D. J. F. Shronts M.D. Marquette University Milwaukee University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Industrial Hygiene Foundation Pittsburgh Inland Steel Company East Chicago Ind American Brake Shoe Co. Chicago University of Cincinnati Cincinnati General Electric Company Cleveland Tuberculosis League of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Hercules Powder Company Wilmington Del Council on Industrial Health AMA Chicago University of Michigan Ann Arbor Mich Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. New York General Mills Inc. Minneapolis T. C. Waters Chairman Vandiver Brown A. J. Gentholts A. C. Hirth . . C. G. Johnson Andrew Kalmykow . C. R. Oviatt Ivan Sabourin E. C. Starkey R. Worth Vaughan W. E. Zimmerman LEGAL COMMITTEE Miles and Stockbridge Baltimore + + + + + . . . . Attorney Waco Texas Republic Steel Corporation Cleveland + + . . . Illinois Glass Company Toledo Ohio Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Co. New York Association Casualty & Surety Companies New York Union Carbide & Carbon Corporation New York Quebec Asbestos Producers Association Montreal Canada Ford Motor Company Dearborn Mich American Smelting & Refining Company New York - Sun Oil Company Philadelphia COMMITTEES TOXICOLOGICAL COMMITTEE Anna M. Baetjer Sc.D. Chairman Johns Hopkina Hopkina ferret J. F. Morgan Secretary E. C. Barnes W. A. Cook Industrial Hygiene F te + thy, TT Westinghouse Electric Corporate m Pealm Pealm University of Michigan Ann Arbor ' L. C. Flickinger Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company Youngstown Whering F. R. Flint . 2. sy Hazel Glass Company W Whering Stanford Research Institute Stanford Company Midland V D. oe ees Dow Chemical F. Mallette . . . . . . . American Society Mechanical Engineers New F. H. F. W. P. General Motors Corporation De Mellon Institute Pittsbi . Mine Safety Appliances Company Pittsb POLLUTION CONTROL COMMITTEE W. L. Hemeon Chairman . . - H. H. Schrenk Ph.D. Secretary Pittsb Foundation Industrial Hygiene Industrial Hygiene Foundation Pittsb A. D. Bailey . - 2. - es | . . . Commonwealth Edison Company Ch W. Davidson . . . Consolidated Edison Company of New York New H. F. Hebley W. L. Latshaw L. C. McCabe Ph.D. Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company Pittst U. S. Smelting Refining & Mining Company Salt Lake U. S. Bureau of Mines Washington PREVENTIVE ENGINEERING COMMITTEE Philip Drinker Sc.D. Chairman School of Public Health Harvard University W. C. L. Hemeon Secretary Industrial Hygiene Foundation Pittsburgh A. E. Abel Valley Mould & Iron Corporation Hubbard Ohio A. D. Brandt Sc.D. Bethlehem Steel Co. Bethlehem Pa J. M. Kane American Air Filter Company Louisville Ky C. F. McElwain International Business Machines Corp. Endicott N. Y. R. T. Pring American Wheelabrator & Equipment Corp. Mishawaka Ind C. W. Schwenzfeier Jr. Brush Beryllium Company Luckey Ohio K. F. Spence The Funkhouser Company Hagerstown Md F. E. Tayler W. H. Thomas American Brake Shoe Company Detroit Pittsburgh Coke and Chemical Company Pittsburgh INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATIC