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Zc-UJ trial Hygiene Digest February. 1956 1*2 Annual Report of the Chief Inspector ot Factories tor the Tear 1953. G. P. Barnett. Great Britain. Mini*try of Labor and National Service. 257 pp. (1954). Obtainable boa Brlttah. Information Service, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New Torfc 10, N. T. $i;i7. The subjects dlacnsaed la this report include: precautiooa la the Indue trial ose o<' x-rays; improvements la radioactive atatic elimlaatora; prevention of eye accideaU; sickness recorda: Importance of aultable veutUatioo, heating, cleanliness, and lighting; statistics oa iadustrial poisoning and pneumoconiosis; and special regulations Car mule spinning and for promoting'safety and health la iron and steel foundries. -- Coad. from extensive review In Bull. Hyg. INDUSTRIAL MEDICAL PRACTICE 183 Occupational Health Problems In an Industrial Society. S. L.. Warren. J. Am. Med. Assn. 159. l66l-158S (Dec. 24. 1955). The author presents n general discussion of occnpatioaal health problems. The Industrial physician should be aware of the special problems in Ms industry, but the public hesltb physician also has a new role, in that of investigation of occupational haxards. Vari ous problems are considered, including adequate conduction mad interpretation of animal experiments, and assessment and elimination of air pollution haxards. There is much to be done in these fields and others, and there is greet need for more medical scientists. The subject is broad and important enough to warrant setting op a joint commission at the national level to consider both technical problems and social consequences. 184 Part-Time Medical Service. R. T. Ragatz. What* a New in lad. Nursing (Apr. 1955 Y, lad. Med. It Sorg" 24, "557-559 (Dec. 1955). Reasons why industries should employ medical directors are given. The other subjects discussed are: (1) pay; (2) choosing the man; (3) professional relations; (4) refer rals In esse of injury; tad (5) insistence oa written orders. The difficulty of securing sdequate service, ecpedally tor part-time woth, is discussed, and auggeatloas are given, for obtaining such service. 185 Guiding Principles and Procedures for Industrial Nurses. American Medical Association, Council on Industrial Health. J. Am. tied. Assn. 159, 1028-1033 (Nov. 5, 1955); lad. Med. fcSurg. 25, 40-46 (Jan. 1956). This raport Is a revision of the Council's previous publication titled "Standing Orders for Nurses In Industry". The functions, relstioasMps, and responsibilities of the Industrial nurse are defined. "Standard procedures'* has been adopted as a better term than "standing orders" because it eliminates confusion between its use in industry sad in hospitals. To facilitate adoption of standard procedures, a number of basic suggestions are offered as a guide for the phyaieiaa in the preparation of directives for specific situ ations, to be modified.or extended according to the deelrea of the physician in charge. The procedures are classified under the following general headings: emergency proce dures, nursing management of Injuries, and management of minor tllassses end symptoms. .I 186 Teaching Legal Medleine in the Undergraduate Medical Curriculum. S. A. Levinson. 1. Am. Med. Assn. 159, 1718-1721 (Dec. 31. 1955). In European universities legal medicine has been included la the curriculum for more than a century, but in the United States only 12 medical schools give required courses in legal medicine. Every patient under study by a physician may be a potential medicolegal 11 206 1366 .7.