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*UtCN'OtrLET)Gjri AIR HYGIENE FOUNDATION OF AMERICA, Inc. l i i FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING OF MEMBERS f y-' A R' .y V \ { MEDICAL \ \ DC' -- -44 / i V^LfSRARY / i PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA NOVEMBER 13-13,1940 CONTENTS Introduction-- Roger A. Hitchins ................................... ............................................ Page 1 Foundation Activities in 1940-- l H. B. Mcller ......................................................................................... 3 Report of Membership Committee-- C. E. Ralston ......................................................................................... G Report of Preventive Engineering Committee-- Philip Drinker Foundation Researches at Harvard University-- Significance of Particle Size in Silicosis................................... 9 Control of Fumes and Gases from Arc Welding with Coated Rods ..........-................................................"................................ 10 Design of Lateral Exhaust Hoods for Industrial Tanks.......... 12 Report of the Medical Committee-- . A. J. Lanza, M. D.......................... ............... ...................... 17 Foundation Study of Sick Absenteeism in Industry-- Dr. W. M. Gafafer__________________________ ___ 20 Foundation Research at The Saranac Laboratory'-- Individual Susceptibility to Toxic Dusts-- Leroy U. Gardner, M. D.______________________________ 26 Foundation Research at University of Pennsylvania-- Further Developments of the Observation of the Reaction of Living Tissue to Silica Granules in the Living Mammal-- Eliot R- Clark, M. D. and Darrow E. Haagensen------------ 36 j Discussion _________________________________ 39 Review of Recent Occupational Disease Legislation-- Theodore C. Waters__________________________ _______________ 42 Activities of U. S. Public Health Service in the Defense Program-- P. A. Neal, M. D 56 Health of Electric Arc Welders in the National Defense Program-- Gordon C. Harro]d, Ph. D; Stuart F. Meek, M. D; and Carey P. McCord, M. D. 63 Industrial Hygiene and the Navy in National Defense-- Captain Ernest W. Brown (MC) U. S. N..............----- ------------------- 7? ^Absorption and Excretion of Volatile Solvents-- ! Howard W. Haggard, M. D_____________________________________ 85 Health Requirements on Government Contracts, Including Importance of Good Working Standards in National Defense, and Health Requirements under the Walsh-Healey Act-- L. Metcalfe Walling ... ............. ............ ................................... ..........92 Protection of Civilians in War-- W. P. Yant102 r