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^BRITISH JOURNAL
OF INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE
EDITOR
RICHARD SCHILLING
. ASSISTANT EDITORS
J. C. GILSON
L. G. NORMAN,
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EDITORIAL COMMnTE%^^``
' J. M. Barnes
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Sir Frederic Bartlett . . ; -Thomas Bedford .
G. R. Cameron
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CONTENTS
face
Mortality from Long Cancer in Asbestos Workers. Richard'Doll ..
.1 . " . 81
Primary Long Cancer in South Wales Coal-workers with Pneumoconiosis. W. R. id James . v ? 87
Pulmonary Fibrosis in Non-ferrons Foundry Workers, H. E. Harding and A. L G. McLaughlin Leptospiral Serology in Scottish Coal-anners.~R.1iI. F. Adam and P. N. Edmunds ' :." -
Diurnal Variation in Mental Performance. Bo Bjerner, Aez Holm, and Axe- Swensson
' 92 100 ' 103
Physiological Obsermtious on Men Working in Supposedly TJmitfag Environments in a West
African Gold-mine. W. S. S. Ladell.................
.. 111
The Influence of Inspired Air Temperature on Tolerance to Work in the Heat. A. R. Lind.. 126 Investigations into the Effects of Exposure, to Trichlorethyiene in Mechanical
' E. Grandjean, R. MOnchincer, V. Turrian, P. A. Haas, H.-K. Knoeffel, and
H."Rosenmund~..
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' .d- .. '.. '-.: 131
. Conference of the British Occupational Hygiene Society on Radiation Hazards in Industry :
~ TheHealth of Workers Exposed to Ionizing Radiations. - A. S. McLeanRadiation Safety at an Atomic Energy Factory. D.'R.R.'Fair .
M43 147
~ Protection against X-rays and Gamma rays in the Industrial Field. . W. Bdmxs ' Safety Criteria fa Atomic Enmgy.'. F. R. Farmer'., v.-.' j V:-'..
,153 163
Misrrnanre : ,~'v; V
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Occupational Dermatitis Caused by Ethylene Oxide. A. Eorcx and W. K. S. Moore . >
169
Blood Examinations in Industry.; A Comparison-of Blood Cell Counts from Ear Lobe
, ~ and Thumb Pulp. A. Butterworth and N. Goodman t Ir.;';-? ..
. Raynaud's Phenomenon.' 1 Andrew Medoejohn
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80 BRITISH JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE
BOOKS RECEIVED
(Arnrr m e laser itiur is not precluded by notice here of books recently received.)
Annual Report 1953-4 of the British Standards Institu tion. (Pp. 200. 5s.) London : British Standards Institu tion. 1954.
The Chemical Pathology of Animal Pigments : Bio chemical Society Symposia No. 12. (Pp. 84 ; illustrated. 12s. 6c/.) London: Cambridge University Press. 1954.
Epilepsy. By Letitia Fairfield. (Pp. 159. 8s. 6d.) London : Gerald Duckworth. 1954.
Porphyrins : Their Biological and Chemical Importance. By A. Vannotti. (Pp. 258 ; 15 plates. 50s.) London : Hiiger and Watts. 1954.
Nachlese auf dem Gebiete des Augenzitterns der Bergleote. By Johannes Ohm. (Pp. 150; 182 figures. DM. 40.-.) Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke. 1954.
Malattie Causate da Addo Nitrico e Gas Nitrosi. By Guiseppe Romboia. (Pp. 47 [monograph]. Lire 400.-.) Milan : Qinica del Lavoro " Luigi Devoto ". 1954.
Vaccination Against Tuberculosis. Sixth Report of the Expert Committee on Tuberculosis (W.H.O. Tech. Rep. Ser. No. 88). (Pp. 10. Is. 9d.) London : H.M.S.O.
First Report of the Expert Committee on Health Education of the Public (WJH.O. Tech. Rep. Ser. No. 89). (Pp. 41. Is. 9d.) Geneva : World Health Organization.
Klinisdi-rbnCgenologische Differentialdiagnostik der Lungenkrankbeiten. By L. Dunner. (Pp. xi -r 274 ; 318 jr-ray plates and 16 text figures. DM. 49.-.) Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke. 1954.
Seventh Annual Report of The Slough Industrial Health Service for 1953-1954. (Pp. 32. 2i.) Slough : Community Centre. 1954.
Group Discussion in Educational, Social, and Working Life. Edited by John Burton. (Pp. 92. 3r. 6d.) London : The Central Council for Health Education. 1954.
Ninth Report of The Nuffield Foundation for the Year ended 31st March, 1954. (Pp. 141.) London : The Nuffield Foundation. 1954.
The Nuffield Foundation Report on Grants 1943-53. (Pp. 319.) London: The Nuffield Foundation. 1954.
Digest of Statistics Analysing Certificates of Incapacity 1951 and 1952. (92 tables). London : Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance. 1954.
Textbook of the Rheumatic Diseases, 2nd ed. Edited by W. S. C. Copeman. (Pp, viii -r 754 ; illustrated. 52r. 6d.) London and Edinburgh : E. and S. Livingstone. 1955.
The Human Use of Human Beings. By Norbert Wiener. (Pp. xii -- 199. 18r.) London: Eyre and Spoctiswoode. 1955.
A Study in Spinal Tuberculosis in Childhood. By Lars Mirtenson. (Pp. viii -r 144 ; 29 figures.) Copenhagen : Ejnar Munksgaard. 1954.
Initial Tuberculous Pleuritis in the Finnish Armed Forces in 1939 and 1945, with Special Reference to Eventual Postpleuritic Tuberculosis. By Jortna PitiSti. (Pp. xi -- 57; 21 tables.) Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard. 1954.
Studies on the Inter-Relationship of HyperlipemiaHyperproteinemia and Amyloidosis-Arteriosclerosis. By Gustaf-Adolf Johansson. (Pp. vii -- 69 ; 21 figures.) Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard. 1954.
Emotions and Bodily Changes : A Survey of Literature on Psychosomatic Interrelationships, 4th ed. By Flanders Dunbar. (Pp. xxii -- 1192. 6 0s. Od.) London : Oxford University Press. 1955.
Psychotherapy and Personality Change. Edited by Carl R. Rogers and Rosalind F. Symond. (Pp. x -r 447. 45s.) London : Cambridge University Press. 1955.
Report by the War Office on the Health of tbe Army, 1951 and 1952. (Pp. 122, roneod.) London : H.M..S.O. 1954.
Dictionary of Organic Compounds, in 4 volumes. Edited by Prof. Sir lan Heilbron and H. M. Bunbury. (28 the set.) London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1955.
Industrial Dust, 2nd ed. By Philip Drinker and Theodore Hatch. (Pp. x -r 401 ; 148 figures. 71s. 6</.; S10.00.) London. New York, and Toronto : McGrawHill Publishing Co. 1954.
Correction.--Dr. Goldblatt much regrets that in his Mackenzie Lecture (British Journal of Industrial Medicine, 12, 1), h$ has made one error. He writes :--
" The trouble lies on page 6, the last paragraph in the first column, and in the second sentence which commences
with ' Recent investigation \ It should read : " Recent investigations in my laboratories have confirmed that N-0. which is probably the chief toxic constituent
of the notorious ` nitrous fumescan produce pulmonary oedema and haemorrhage. In the presence of ozone, however, N.O, is convened to the much more toxic N;0which is a lung irritant of about the same order of potency as phosgene.**