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I 6$ fei t S' C^O . oo D=3 Industrial Hygiene Features Periodic health examinations using an automated multitest laboratory are discussed in Abst. No. 328. A study on the hydrogen sulfde darken ing of exterior paint is pre seated in Abst. No. 368. A study ol -work periormance ratings of former psychiatric patients is given in Abst. No. 330. See Abst. No. 371 for inforrmatioa on the concentration of lead in bone in plumbism. Flies and disease are investigated in Abst. No. 352. Abst. No. 353 outlines progress in tetanus prophylaxis. Consult Abst. No. 360 lor treatment of strong alkali burns of the eye. Abst. No. 361 is concerned with the treatment of electrical injuries. Abst. No. 374 reviews untowa- rd reactions to lysergic acid diethyamide (LSD). Abst. No. 381 surveys sequelae of acute organic phosphate poisoaning. A description of an inertial-te-ype parti cle separator for collecting l^rge sam ples is given in Abst. No. 38-4 The treatment of major burns with dilute aqueous silver nitrate is describ ed in Abst. No. 362. An investigation of byasinoslae in the waste cotton industry is giver*, in Abst. No. 386 An outbreak of resin dermatitis in a car factory is described in Abst. No. 363. Abst. No. 418 presents data on. the safety of drivers with chronic diseame. Foundation Facts NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF MENTAL HEALTH GRANT TO INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUN DATION: The Foundation is pleased to announce approval from the National Instito-tes of Mental Health for a five-year training grant in the amount of $639! 522 in support of the Fomulation' s pilot plant studies on Employee Mental Health and Occupation Health Nursing Practices. (See Industrial Hygiene Digest 28,:7 pp.i, July 1964, 28:11 pp.li, Nov. 1964 and Nursing Series, Bvmlletln No. 1). ASSISTANCE TO FOUNDATION MEMBERS: Representatives of the Laundry and Z2ry Cleaning As sociatlon visited Drs. deTreville and Rinehart at Mellon Institute on April 5 to dl-acuits an informal research project. Others, from the Asbestos and Fibreglass Industry, met with Dsrs. Gross and deTreville on April 12 to discuss work on Asbestos in progress in the Foundation's Research Laboi tory. Drs. John G. Keller, American Petroleum Institute, Committee for Air and Water Conserve and David Andrews, Manufacturing Chemists'Association, Committee on Atmosphe 3ie Pollution, v ted Dr. Cross' Laboratory during April to discuss the progress of emphysema studi.ee. STAFF ACTIVITIES: On April 21, Dr. deTreville was elected a fellow of the Ame rtcan College oi Physicians, He attended the American Industrial Health Conference in Detroit the eveekof April 25. He met during April with the Foundation's Engineering, Chemical-Toxicological, Lesgal,Medical one Nursing Committees to finalize details of the 31 at Annual Meeting program in preparation for the m ing of the Foundation's Board of Trustees on May 10 at Mellon Institute. Dr. deTreville will speak on "Management of Environmental and Occupational Healths Problems" on May 13 at the Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce sponsored 14th Annual Clean Strcama and Clean Air Conference in Harrisburg and on "The Industrial Hygiene Foundation and The Occupational Hea Nurses" at a meeting of the Pennsylvania State Association of Industrial Nurses on IwKay 14 at the Penn-Sheraton Hotel in Pittsburgh. Dr. Cross has accepted an invitation to moderate a session at the 2nd Annual Confer -eace on Atmos pheric Contamination in Confined Spaces, to be held May 4 in Dayton, Ohio under the: sponsorship oi the Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory, U. S. Air Force Systems Command. INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION EXHIBIT: IHF will have an exhibit on emphysema reseat at the American Industrial Hygiene Association meeting in Pittsburgh, May 23-27. THE 31st ANNUAL MEETING will be held on OCTOBER 18-19. 1966 at Pittsburgh's new Chatham Center. 03122083