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FILE NAME Industrial Hygiene Foundation IHF DATE 1953 DOC IHF054 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Industrial Hygiene Digest - Abstracts & Member Committee Member Lists 7] - hilestanb 1953 ANNUAL INDEX sferacomtin an eDics enadvr Wo hime 17 ney. Set EU aL ir Nee Tne) TES ent naa ee eT CE Industrial Industrial Hygiene Digest Industrial Hygiene Digest INDUSTRIAL HEALTH NEWS | LITERATURE ABSTRACTS : MEDICAL ENGINEERING CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGICAL LEGAL ... decisions and 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. Thomas Brit Heart J. Coalminers 13 1-9 1951 weight 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 RV 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 severe groups theR wave of wave is increased in amplitude A made that a lead from the third interspace suggestion is | in the diagnosis of right ventricular immediately above V2 may help mm hypertrophy when it shows an r wave of 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 further investigated in relation to respiratory function : ; -- Author's summary Bull Hyg Favoring 602 Factors Inflammation Phagocytosis by Endothelial Cells Early in Edna H. Tompkins and Mary A. Grillo Am 29 217-231 March 1953 J. Pathol polymorphonuclear The endothelial cells of subcutaneous tissues the called wandering cells represent active defenders in the first 12 inflammation They become activated in hours 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 are supported in surface phagocytosis movements of the underlying muscles and of the polymorphonuclear cells infiltrating ameboid val of the They carry the burden of phagocytosis before arri- 12 hours the cells and they alone must phagocytose for about many invading substances that are not phagocytosible by the poly- morphonuclear cells . - Authors summary Dust Diseases G. E. Spencer 389-391 April 25 1953 Bull Allegheny Co. Med Soc 42 This brief paper gives advice to family physicians to whom ray films from a mass survey have been referred when cated Survey physicians do pneumoconiosis is indi- merely the not attempt to differentiate the dust diseases reporting findings as pneumoconiosis " It is the of the family physician to determine which of responsibility to decide what should be done these diseases is present and After miliary tuberculosis carcinomatosis certain fungus diseases and siderosis due to the various organic disease are excluded pneumoconioses must be considered Anthracosis silicosis Industrial Hygiene Digest - 23 June 1953 siderosis berylliosis asbestosis and the cussed briefly in relation to diagnosis organic dust diseases are disThe importance of pational history is emphasized The factors personal and occu- Whether a man should be factors to be considered when taken from his job are discussed deciding : 004 The Clinical Picture and Unfallmed u Pathology of Asbestosis Asbestosis W. Behrens Jr. lept 15 1952 BGeerrumfakrnankh 45 129-140 June 15 1952 179-189 Symptomatology diagnosis This paper presents an extensive review Including distribution and types of of literature on asbestosis st hazards and effects of asbestos its mining treatment and centration length different of exposure exposure of the dust iin n different use con- Ages of asbestosis are described and ray findings in the different '/ asbestosis with Special mention is made of the carcinoma is which association association asbestos workers is but it in Germany The macroscopic Lung Carcinoma Caused Caused Med by Asbestos Inhalation Monatsschr 7 77-81 1953 German F. Boemke The relation between fibrotic changes in the lung and carcinoma is discussed changes caused by asbestos deposits dilection Characteristic are The lower lobe is the site of thelium carcinoma the multicentered multicentered developments of pre- flat epi- -- Chen Absts PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT bee Carbon Dioxide and J. Respiratory Regulation at Appl Physiol 5 603-666 Altitude April 1955 ) F. G. Hall breathed Fourteen young men exposed to a simulated gas gas mixtures with altitude of 22,000 feet Peay Ct varying concentrations concentrations of ressures ressures of oxygen and carbon dioxide The 4 carbon dioxide in alveol 1 eS Os ayra Cornulated Cornulated : Copyright 1954 . ndustrialndustrial Hygiene Foundation of America Inc. | 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 ANDREW FLETCHER Chairman President St. Joseph Lead Company New York N.Y. V. P. AHEARN Secretary Executive Secretary National Industrial Sand Association Washington D.C. T. C. WATERS General Counsel Mullikin Stockbridge & Waters Baltimore Md H. 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 Illinois 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 Ohio 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. M.D. M.D. . . . . Research Director C. Richard Walmer M.D. . . . . Medical Director W. L. Hemeon . Theodore F. Hatch . Ellen C. Diamond . Jack Brown Ph . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . .. Engineering Director Laboratory Director . Secretary Research Biochemist James F. Morga ... . . . . Chemist Harlow M. Chapman .... . Chemical 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 Marcy M.D. RESEARCH ADVISORY COUNCIL Secretary Theodore F. Hatch an W. A. Hamor Sc.D.Secretary : - Industrial Hygiene Foundation Pittsbur . Mellon Institute Pittsbur Westinghouse Appliances Pittsbur Safety T. Lyle Hazlett M.D. os . M.D. A. J. Lanza . wee eee . M.D. Willard Machle ..... * W. P. Yant Sc.D. . . see Zimmerman Company R. E. Sc.D. Mine U.S.U.S. Steel Electric Corporation - New York University New Yo . . Consultant New Yo Pittsbur Corporation of Delaware Pittsbur~fl COMMITTEES MEDICAL COMMITTEE M.D. Industrial A. J. Lanza M.D. Chairman ........ . New York University New Yo O. A. Sander Chairman ... " - Consultant Milwauk Hygiene C. Richard Walmer M.D., cee Foundation Pittsburg Secretary E. H. Carleton M.D. 2... : Inland Steel Company East Chicago In Westinghouse T. Lyle Hazlett M.D. 2... . Electric Corporation Pittsburg Hussey Raymond M.D. ... Council on Industrial Health AMA Chica Pittsburgh Pittsburg A. G. Kammer M.D. . 2... .....204.- University of Machle Willard M.D. ........... _ University Pittsburgh ooff C. Howard Marcy M.D. .......2.... - . Consultant New You Pittsburg L. C. McGee M.D. . . . . . . . . . . Hercules Powder Company Wilmington D Peterson C. M. M.D. toe - Council on Industrial Health AMA Chicag Washington UMW R. R. Sayers M.D. . 2... Welfare & Retirement Fund D. Michigan D. Selby M.D. 2... 1... 2... University of Ann Arb PREVENTIVE ENGINEERING COMMITTEE Valley Industrial Industrial Pittsburg Sc.D. Philip Drinker Chairman ..... . . Harvard School of Public Health Bosto W. C. L. Hemeon Secretary Hygiene Foundation Abel A. E. ce ee Mould and Iron Corporation Hubbard Oh Bethlehem A. D. Brandt soe eo ee ww we ew + Bethlehem Steel Co. P Kane John M. sss 6 ee ew Frederick S. Kriger . .. . D. Shelly .. 2... 0.04 - R. Small 2... F. E. Tayler . wo |. . American Air Filter Co. Louisville K Westinghouse Works . Air Corning Glass Corning N. Air Brake Company Wilmerding P . - . Aluminum Company of America Pittsburg - . .. . American Brake Shoe Company D^'tro CHEMICAL AND TOXICOLOGICAL COMMITTEE H. F. Smyth Jr. Ph.D. Chairman .. Industrial H. H. Schrenk Ph.D.Ph.D. CoChairman . James F. Morgan Secretary Anna M. Baetjer Sc.D. : C. Barnes E. .. . ve eee . Westinghouse W. Bradley ........ W. Cook A. ... 2... Youngstown L. C. Flickinger . 2... F. Flint . 2. - + +. +. + Francis R. Holden Ph.D.Ph.D. D. D. Irish Ph.D. . 2... F. A. wee eee ee eee Patty W. P. Yant Sc.D. woe ee ee . -_. Mellon Institute Pittsburg . Hygiene Foundation 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 . . Republic Republic A. J. Gentholts 2... A. C. Hirth eee ee Toledo Association Andrew Kalmykow . . .. . B. E. Kuechle . 2... 1. Employers C. R. Oviatt . . Lo . K.C. Ivan Sabourin K.C. Loe Quebec Vaughan R. Worth Vaughan Vaughan . - Mullikin Stockbridge & Waters Baltimor + +... Manville Corporation New Yor Steel Corporation Cleveland Ohi - . Illinois Glass Company Ohi Casualty & Surety Companies New Yor Mutual Insurance Company Wausau Wi Carbide & Carbon Chemical Corporation New Yor Asbestos Producers Association Montreal Canad . . American Smelting & Refining Co. New Yor W. E. Zin~-merman Bk, . Sun Oil Co. Philadelphi INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION COMMITTEES MEDICAL COMMITTEE O. A. Sander M.D. Chairman A.G. Kammer M.D. Chairman D. C. 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. D. 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 Hopikima fo + cere ts Restate J. F. Morgan Secretary Industrial Hygiene kan kan da tooth Fie E. C. Barnes Westinghouse Electric Corporat ca. Piston W. A. Cook University of Michigan Artae, Ann L. C. Flickinger Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company || Youngsters Flint Hazel Glass Company Wheeling W a a a a oo. ee F. R. Holden Ph.D. D. D. Irish Ph.D. F. S. Mallette F. A. Patty Stanford Research Institute Stanford Dow Chemical M Company Midland American Society Mechanical New 1 Engineers woe eee es General Motors Corporation De H. F. Smyth Jr. Ph.D. . - . W. P. Yant Sc.D. . . . Mellon Institute Pittsb " Mine Safety Appliances Company Pittsb POLLUTION CONTROL COMMITTEE W. C L. Hemeon Chairman Industrial Hygiene Foundation Pittsb H. H. Schrenk Ph.D. Secretary A. D. Bailey . Industrial Hygiene Foundation Pittsb Commonwealth Edison Company Chi W. F. Davidson Consolidated Edison Company of New York New Hebley . . - Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company Pittst U. S. Smelting Refining & Mining Company Salt Lake McCabeMcCabe Ph.D. 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.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 American Brake Shoe Company Detroit W. Thomas Pittsburgh Coke and Chemical Company Pittsburgh INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATIC