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FILE NAME: CERAMICS (CER) DATE: 1942 June 15 DOC#: CER023 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Journal Article Abstract - Pneumoconiosis: A Study of 379 Cases Voi. 21, No. 5 1941, there were 29 >perating as self-inmcludes a financial f the Silicosis Divi- of functions of the . of silicosis, and a v, 5500 is aw ard ed r second-stage, and. t a ra te of 58 to 516 rases of silicosis or he departm ent. Of :nied, the rem ainder no application was F.S.M . granules. M. R. 2.273,327, Feb. 24, of m atin g colored serpentine granular nules a liquid coat i coloring pigm ent, coated to a temoating in situ with ice on the granules Sgranules. E. M. .374, Feb 24, 1942 i4 LIBRARY CERAMIC ABSTRACTS and THE BUBEETIN" AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY z ie / iA . of these regularly acts, 252') Record JUNE 15, 1942 I MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO THE ARTS A N D SCIENCES RELATED TO THE SILICATE INDUSTRIES ! 2 1 , N, ,42 General 135 f the finished produ ct is an especially im p o rtan t m a t "ed 'll may be oi t r e a t ti im portance economically th an uchniea! question concerning the m an u factu re of Ordinary building brick are in a class with iron, and cement as key p roducts of national economy -UleS Scio m akes pottery W .H H A non. Ceram In d . 38 f2] ihc j| io the `Tcrt th e ^ > oi the ppor~t fsi* iO 4 302h JJlS ^j * 4 S -5 (1943)'--A description o Scio-Ohio P o ttery plant___a_nad .i.t.s .u.rnuimquie Vhiii<sttAorrvy iits igriivv^enn DDiiaaggrraammmmaattiicc L show the flow of ware through the plant and the 1 ' .,0 11. mechanical hannHdlinvg nof goods An autom atic jitigs- "machme produces 14.WAJ dozen pieces of ware per day. E'; tc d H .T. ' f-ducrinunate adminirtration of vitamin* to worker* in B O r t ,,, ltrT. American M edical A ssn. C ouncil on F oods and their*. ,, \ v t r it io n and C o u n c il on I ndustrial H ealth od comme , / . 4 mer Med. Assn.. 118, G18-21 (Feb. 21. 1942).-- 185-87 Vfactory evidence of the wisdom of the general practice ral. be dim p'roviding al"l e m p'lo y e of industrial concerns with 1fine ceraia amms indiscrim inately is lacking W hen a sa tisfacto ry an d porcti ,jv of any given in d u stria l situ a tio n indicates th e wis- ' clay prod n, of providing v ita m in s to em ployees, the C ouncils tones. Tk ni out the necessity of observing the proper scientific lods, but (h utauons of such actio n ; a fte r the em ployee has been re- n the addia red to a health fu l sta te , th e use of a good d iet of n a tu ra l ind firing icciive foods th e re a fte r should suffice. N o th in g in tins re face hr* Don s intended to b elittle the significance of v itam in s in des drainja ntion or the value of the proper use of added vitam ins ises R e f J improving foods such as bread and flour. T he need for <tu re to ri* avoidance of indiscrim inate mass use of vitam ins, a w raaterui > be too p For bofa i be hjgh xuce which supports the com m ercial exploitation rath er jn scientific ra tio n al use of these im p o rta n t d ie ta ry fa c ts em phasized. F.S M . Industrial " lifeguards" m eet in C incinnati. Anon he stonewt Artur Ceram Soc , 21 (4 ] 57 ( 1942). *ithin narro Judge trad em ark in frin g e m e n t on deception, n ot sim i- i . if the w* ority. L eo T P a r k er . Ceram In d ., 38 [3 | 5&--G 0( 19-4J2). to the c h -Recent decisions by th e higher courts show th a t identical evpansion of 7 8 to 8 X 1 0 "T, the m ax im u m tem p eratu re at -which it can be used for limited periods is 900* to lOCXTC. MH New treatm ent for burn (prelim inary report). K. L P icslrell Bull Johns Hopkins Hosp . 69, 217-24 (Aug . 1941) -- The m ethod of tre a tm e n t involves the application of 3% sulfadiazine m 8% triethanolam ine by spraying Full details of the im m ediate and later treatm ent are given. In ib t opinion of the surgical staff, the burned areas of the 115 p atien ts healed m ore rapidly th an they would have with any other form of treatm en t used at the hospital F.S M P ath o g en esis of h e a t d ise ase in m an. B. Schlecel and H . B oet tner. D tut. Arch kh n Med , 187, 193-205 (1941) -- T he effects of h eat are divided into three classes: exhaustion, stroke, and cram ps. The authors conducted 50 experim ents on 35 persons to study the behavior of the hum an body at the stage just prior to heat stroke and heat exhaustion T he subjects were kept in a cham ber a t a te m p e ra tu re of 4 0 #C. (104*F ), for 2 hr. w hen possible Losses th ro u g h the skin a m o u n ted to 11 gm sodium chlo ride, 430 mgm. nitrogen, and up to 2700 gm w ater. M ost of the persons coraplam ed of sym ptom s referable to the nervous system , including palpitation, oppression, dizzi ness. and fatigue T he body tem perature in some cases rose to 38 5C (10 1 .3 *F.), b u t th e nse was Dot related to heat tolerance The pulse rate, however, rose sharply to 176 a t the point w here the h e a t could not be to le ra te d , in resistant persons 140 was the upper lim it In a few p er sons on whom the experim ent could be conducted to a stage of im m inent collapse, a strong decline of the systobc and diastolic pressure was seen All the observed phe nom ena indicated th a t the blood goes to the diluted pe ripheral vessels, while those in the internal organs, including the brain, are co ntracted T he characteristic of heat ex h au stio n is a break d o w n of the circu lato ry regulation w ith an intact tem perature-regulation system The syndrome of heat stroke consists of failure of the tem perature-regu . the pbyaa J *'e zas ctm -LI OC o -iffercnt lr-es the iee often be * orna Lion fi if auger m U 'uh boto 1reduce m* Dm breoinr cid-resists andoned be nnot be ob >or ale or k i by the & rademarks m ay be used on noncom peting w are w ithout . ''nngem ent. C ourts uph o ld u nregistered tra d e m a rk s in t territory in which goods have been sold. Various court are reviewed. H .T. Lung function in s ilic o tia E. R o elsen Proc. Medical Northern Countries, 19th Con^r., Oslo, Ju n e, 1939; :s Med. Scand . S u p p . N o 123. pp 236^*3 (1941).-- R ' ports ibe principal resu lts of lung-function te sts on 40 or sihcuuc patien ts, including porcelain w orkers, stone- asms, sandblasters, and foundry workers. H e found a .Tease in v ital cap a c ity a n d an increase of residual air, Pecully in the second a n d th ird stages of the disease ' ne explanation lies m th e decreased m o tility of the th o rax *1 and diaphragm , causing a d im in u tio n of lung elas- `.uy The difference in a lv e o la r v en tilatio n of different tio n s of the lung is generally increased, con sid erab ly so ' tbe second a n d th ird stages L ung functions are n o t as latin g system com bined w ith loag resistance of the circula tor)' regulation. E xhaustion of sodium chJonde reserves is the im p o rta n t fe a tu re in h eat cram ps T he a u th o rs b e lieve th a t th e organ p rim a rily dam aged by heat is the adrenal cortex. F.S M P n eu m o co n io sis-- a stu d y of 379 cases. H . B. W ll- / Liaw s Med Bull Veterans' A d m t n , 18, 250-53 (Ja n , 1942) -- A survey was m ade to determ ine the relative inci dence of pneum oconiosis in beneficiaries of the V eteran s' A dm inistration. A review of 379 cases of individuis who had been exposed to num erous occupational dust hazards is p resen ted . Of this n u m b er. 179 cases were classified as pneumoconiosis, either uncom plicated or complicated by infectious disease. A d etailed system of classification is included. N o definite conclusions are draw n, b u t the d ata support the belief th a t pneumoconiosis increases suscepti bility to tuberculosis in a direct ratio W stresses the need , m ai-hityf .ccompLisbr< -; process * , a t q uandi* ivailable h* re Ls bigbtf Iry m f 15 ^ at in the f* ct. and lb* ze the ***,` he prodo." 'e5ired big* -ige bet**** greatest **" of tbewtre . the tx* he raw B* ieri the s * ot pract** CCS I B * a ^oOCS* a mount t> . r -of** " v<rel> affected in silicotic* as in em physem a p a tie n ts. s v Ceram Abs., 20 (3) 78 (1941). F.S M . Methods of avoiding corroaioa. A non. Product r ; .1 3 [41 192-235 (1642) -- In a discussion on m eans conserving m etals by preventing their corrosion, the lowing principal m eth o d s are m en tio n ed : (1) organic mgs on carbon steels. (2) porcelain enam els on s u m p - t> and castings, (3) glass for floats, springs, an d m echani- -1 Paris, (4) molded porcelain where both dielectric ^ngih and corrosion resistance are required. (5) plastics !l a< S aran to replace b rass a n d eppper tubes, (6) ''silicon case on steel produced by h e a t-tre a tm e n t as , thc Ihngizm g process. (7) thin lead coatings produced ' dipping as by the H urbenium process, (8) chem ical sur- treatm ents such as bonderiiing, parkerizing, black ^T'C, jetai, an d others, an d (9) silver p latin g or cladding " b*h rretals for corrosion resistance. M any practical Amples arc described, including glass tubing to replace viv!-chrorrmim tubing for p ro tectin g sh eath s for tberm o- ;hi> Vycor glass* i- SiO;, the rem ainder being l' i-v B:0 j I t ha*, a softening point of 1510*C m 3l>*. - ar-ncnlsnc point of * 2U*. a stra in p o in t of 'C a density o f 2 IS. and a coefficient of linear for more careful and detailed histones and physical exam inations. F.S.M . Preparation of alides for particle-size determ ination, L Silverman and W . F ranklin. Jour. Ind. H y t & Toxicol.. 24, 51 (M a rc h , 1942) -- I t is suggested th a t, in follow ing G re e n 's tech n iq u e of p reparing slides for particle- size d eterm in atio n , it is possible to crush particles of the ran g e 1 to 10 m icrons. T h is seem ed to be borne o u t by a com parison of the results of counts m ade on slides prepared by evaporation of suspensions and by m echanical disper sion. , F.S.M . Significance of porphyrinuria in lead poisonin g. R- Kark AND A. P. M eiklejohn. Jour. Clin. Investigation, 21, 91-99 G an ., 1942).-- Solutions of hem oglobin were injected into two subjects w ith lead poisoning, anem ia, and p o rphyrinuria. T he injection w as followed by a nse in plasm a bilirubin resem bling closely both in degree and tim e of onset the bilirubinem ia which has been observed in norm al subjects under com parable conditions. I t was also accom panied by transient increase in urinary uro bilinogen excretion. The injection resulted in no d etect able increase in the everetion of c o p ro p o rp h y n n cith er in the urine or fecv> The>c result* failed to dem o n strate a n \