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Mere cxirr.-.r.ca :n i-ach #.;de. Routine histr.oeicil sections a: ur.excanced lungs , examined m a.l case*. Asbestos oocies wtre found ;r. 4j ' of the suu/oers. Thuv encountered in persons up to 24 y&r9 01 age. Among males the incidence was 47";( 4:. ir. females 34". Although significant microscopic pulmonary fibrosis was encountered in two positive cases, no instance of classical asbestosis was found. Mesothelioma of;, pleura was not encountered. Primary lung carcinoma occurred in one patient with asbes-- bodies and in one without. -- Authors w 687 Benign Asbestos Pieunsv. K.B. Eisenstadt. J. Am. Med. Assn. 192, 419-421 (May 3, 1965). The clinical picture of benign asbestos pleurisy differs greatly from that of class.*, asbestosis. It may occur in the absence of significant pulmonary disease and respirator; dysfunction. This entity must be considered in the differential diagnosis of any form of idiopathic pleurisy. The history of exposure to asbestos will aid In directing the attention to this entity-; however, the final diagnosis depends on a lung tissue specimen containing asbestos corpuscles or asbestos fibers. -- Author's sunur...- *688 Asbestos and Cancer. The Report and Recommendations of a Working Group Convened ur.:-the Auspices of the Geographical Pathology Committee of the International Union Against Cancer" Can. Med. Assn. J. 92, 1020-1025 (May 8, 1965)" j This report is not suitable for abstracting, however the Editor of the Canadian Me:.. Association Journal summarizes the purpose and work of this international meeting as is:.: "In October 1964, the New York Academy of Sciences sponsored an international meeting or." biological effects of asbestos. Following this meeting, some 40 delegates from Australis, 1 Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain and Ireland, Italy, South Africa and the J United States were invited to study the vast amount of information which had been presente: ' with a view to the organization of an international study of asbestos and cancer. The terms j of reference of this Working Group covered three major aspects of the problem: epiderniou-t , pathology and experimental pathology, and physics and chemistry. The findings of the ' Working Group and their recommendations arising from these studies are recorded, in ship abridged form." -- Cond. itom Editor's sunur.af-' i PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT 689 First US Tests of High Altitude Pressure Suits. C.L. Wilson. Arch. Environmental Health LD, 805 (May, 1965). Historical research was conducted to collect and evaluate information on the ea-`l> American high altitude pressure suit research program. Mr. Post, the first aviator w --_ world to fly in a high altitude pressure suit, attempted to break the existing world's altit'-^ record. There were three prototype suits. The third, which was successful, was test*6 Army Air Force altitude chamber. These were the first US altitude chamber tests of ?re**. suits. His stimulus as apnvate citizen greatly contributed to American pressure suit t**" logical superiority and directly influenced the design of the Project Mercury astronaut ' and Air Force pressure suits. 1: is surprising that development was even partiallv sutef without the guidance of high altitude physiologists arc diving suit specialists Each os S,N ' major nations enlisted these specialists as crucial team members. -- J. Am. Med. Assr.. References k A*'-1'