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FILE NAME: General Motors (GM) DATE: 1949 Mar DOC#: GM011 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Excerpt - Journal of Industrial Medicine INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE E X E C U T I V I , E D I T O R I A L , A N D P U U M C A T I O N O F F I C E S *. 6 0 S N O R T H M I C H I G A N A \ K N C ' E , C H I C A G O , I L L I N O I S Editor: c. o. s a p p i n c t o n , m .d ., d h . p .h . 4 sfociata E ditors: H E N R Y S. H H D W N , M .0 . J A M E S T . C A S E , M . D . , F . A . C . S . J E A N S. F E L T O N , M . D . L Y D I A G . C I B K R S O N , M .D . IR VIN G C H A V , M .D., F.A.C.P. EM ERY R. liA Y IIU R S T , M.D. EDW ARD C. H O LM B LA D , M .D., F.A.C.S. R U T H E R F O R D T . J O H N S T O N E , M .D . W IL L IA M F . L A U T E N , M .D . H O E B U T T . L E G G E , M .D ., F .A .C .S . C H R IS T O P H E R L E G G O , M.D. OSCAR !.. L E V I N , M.D. C A R E Y l\ M cCORD, M .D . W M . oV M cN A L I.Y , M .D . M. N. N K W Q U IS T , M .D . KSTUii.MiKi) iosa O S C A R A. S A N D E R , M .D . F R E D E R I C K \Y. S L O B E , M . D ., F . A . C . S . Publisher; a . d . cloud Volum e 18 APRIL 1949 Number 4 VoL. 18, No. ') rch, 199 intensity, should be ext, color id human starting is should the pro ng, more ader into nings are iople are ers have cation, in eminders, ersuasive id safety, pon how as everyMR. wilit will be n health ith their An Industrial Medical Library --In A Community Hospital-- What is believed to be the first presentation JOHN E. m anning, Medical Director of the Sagi to a community hospital of an Industrial naw Steering Gear Division. Medical Library took place at Saginaw, Michigan, recently when the managements of the General The Library Motors plants in that city furnished the funds fiaetjer, Anna M.: Women in Industry--Their to bestow upon the Saginaw General Hospital the books here listed, together with subscriptions to Industrial Med ic in e, the Journal of Indus trial Hygiene and Toxicology, and Occupational iltdicine. The physicians comprising the Sagi naw General Motors group made the selections. In the words of one of them, "The idea behind the presentation is that any library segregated to a plant is necessarily limited in its general Health and Efficiency. Philadelphia; W. B. Saun ders Company, 1946, 344 pp. Brahdy, Leopold: Trauma and Disease. (With Samuel Kahn.) Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1937, 613 pp. Bridges, Clark D.: J ob P lacement of the P hys ically Handicapped. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1946, 329 pp. Brodman, Keeve: Men at Work--The Supervisor and His People. Chicago: Cloud, Inc., 1947, 191 pp. usefulness, whereas placing a representative plant library in a community hospital makes it available to all of the physicians interested in Industrial medical matters. In a teeming indus trial center such as this there are many physi cians so in te re ste d ...." It is the intention to add new texts and journals as they are published, so that this will be "indeed, a living library." Collier, Howard E.: Outlines of Industrial Med ical P ractice. Baltimore: The Williams & Wil kins Company, 1941, 440 pp. Drinker, Philip, and Hatch, T. F .: I ndustrial Dust --Hygienic Significance, Measurement and Con trol. Now York: McGruw-Hill Book Co., 316 pp. Dunbar, Flanders: P sychosomatic Diagnosis. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1943, 741 pp. Ficklen, Joseph B.: Manual of I ndustrial Health H azards. West Hartford, Conn.: Service to In The picture, taken at the time of the presenta dustry, 1940, 176 pp. tion, includes (left to r ig h t) : R. E. RAPER, Director of the Saginaw General Hospital; J am es h . SWTTH, General Manager of the Central Foundry Division of General Motors, and Chairman of the local Inter-Plant Committee, who made the presentation; dr. donald c. durman, who as Chief of Staff accepted the books; william H. DOBRFNER General Manager of the Saginaw Steer ing Gear Division of General Motors; and DR. Hamilton, Alice: I ndustrial P oisons in the U nited States. New York: MacMillan, 1926, 590 pp. Hueper, W. C.: Occupational T umors and Allied Diseases. Springfield, 111.: Chas. C. Thomas, 1942, 896 pp. International Labour Office: Occupation and Health. Volume I: A-H Geneva; International Labour Office. 1930. 999 pp. Volume II: I-Z. Gen eva: International Labour Office. 1934. 1310 pp. Supplement. Geneva: International Labour Office. Page 108 INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE March, 191,9 Jacobs, Morris B..- Analytical Chemistry of I n dustrial P oisons, Hazards, and Solvents. InterScience Publishers, 1944, 661 pp. Johnstone, Rutherford T. : Occupational Medicine and I ndustrial Hygiene. St. Louis: Mosby Com pany, 1948, 604 pp. Kessler, Henry H. : Accidental I njuries -- The Medicolegal Aspects of Workman's Compensation and Public Liability. Ed. 2. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger 803 pp. Kuhn, Hedwig S. : I ndustrial Ophthalmology. St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Co., 1944, 294 pp. Lanza, A. J., (Edited by) : Silicosis and Asbestosis. By various authors. New York: Oxford Uni versity Press, 1938, 431 pp. I.ehmann, Karl B., and Flury, Ferdinand: Toxicol ogy and Hygiene of I ndustrial Solvents. Balti more: Williams & Wilkins Co. 1943, 378 pp. McBride, E. D.: Disability E valuation--Principles of Treatment of Compensable Injuries. 4th Edi tion. Lippmcott, 1948, 667 pp. McCord, Carey P .: A Blind Hog's Acorns--Vign ettes of the Maladies of Workers. Chicago: Cloud, Inc., 1945, 311 pp. McGill University: Human Behavior and Its Rela tion to I ndustry. Montreal: McGill University, 1944, 204 pp. McNally, Wir.. D.: Toxicology. Chicago: Industrial Medicine Publishing Co. 1938, 1022 pp. National Tuberculosis Association: I ndustry T uber culosis, Silicosis and Compensation. New York: National Tuberculosis Association, 1945, 126 pp. Resnick, Louis: E ye Hazards in I ndustry--Extent, Cause and Means of Prevention. New York: Co lumbia University Press, 1941, 321 pp. Sappington, C. 0 .: E ssentials of I ndustrial Health. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1943, 626 pp. Schwartz, Louis: Occupational Diseases of the Skin. (With L. Tulipan.) Second Edition. Phila delphia: Lea & Febiger, 1947, 964 pp. Teleky, Ludwig: History of F actory and Mine Hy giene. Columbia University Press. New York 27. Tiffin, Joseph: I ndustrial Psychology. New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1946, 386 pp. U. S. Public Health Service: Manual of I ndustrial Hygiene and Medical Service in War I ndus tries. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1943, 508 pp. U. S. Manpower Commission, Region XII: P hysical Demands and Capacities Analysis. San F ran cisco: Region ZII, U. S. Manpower Commission, May, 1944, 627 pp. Wampler, F. J. (Edited by) : Principles and Prac tices of Industrial Medicine. Baltimore: Wil liams & Wilkins Company, 1943, 579 pp. Program of the American Medical Association for the Advancement of Medicine and Public Health A federal Department of Health: (1) Creation of a Federal Department of Health of Cabi net status with a Secretary who is a Doctor of Medicine, and the coordination and inte gration of all Federal health activities under this Department, except for the military activi ties of the medical services of the armed forces. Medical Research: (2) Promotion of medical research through a National Science Founda tion with grants to private institutions which have research facilities and personnel. Voluntary Insurance: (3) Further development and wider coverage by voluntary hospital and medical care plans to meet the costs of illness, with extension as rapidly as possible into rural areas. Aid through the states to the indigent and medically indigent by the utilization of voluntary hospital and medical care plans with local administration and local determina tion of needs. Medical Care Authority with Consumer Representation: (4) Establishment in each state of a medical care authority to receive and administer funds with proper representation of medical and consumer interest. New Facilities: (5) Encouragement of prompt development of diagnostic facilities, health centers and hospital services, locally originated, for rural and other areas in which the need { can be shown and with local administration and control as provided by the National Hospital Survey and Construction Act or by suitable private agencies. Public Health: (6) Establishment of local public health units and services and incorpora tion in health centers and local public health units of such services as communicable disease control, vital statistics, environmental sanitation, control of veneral diseases, maternal and child hygiene and public health laboratory services. Mental Hygiene: (7) The development of a program of mental hygiene with aid to mental hygiene clinics in suitable areas. Health Education: (8) Health education programs administered through suitable state and local health and medical agencies to inform the people of the available facilities and of their own responsibilities in health care. Chronic Diseases and the Aged: (9) Provision of facilities for care and rehabilitation of the aged and those with chronic disease and other groups not covered by existing proposals. Veterans' Medical Care: (10) Integration of veterans' medical care and hospital facilities with other medical care and hospital programs and with the maintenance of high standards of medical care, including care of the veteran in his own community by a physican of his choice. Industrial Medicine: (11) Greater emphasis on the program of industrial medicine, with increased safeguards against industrial hazards and prevention of accidents occurring on the highway, home and on the farm. Medical Education and Personnel: (12) Adequate support, with funds free from political control, domination and regulation, of the medical, dental and nursing schools and other insti tutions necessary for the training of specialized personnel. 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