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FILE NAME: Owens Illinois Library (OWL) DATE: 1953 DOC#: OWL035 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Abstract from the Archives of Industrial Health - The Clinical Picture and Pathology of Asbestosis A. M. A. A R C H I V E S OF Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Medicine EDITORIAL BOARD PHILIP DRINKER. Chief Editor 55 Shattuck Street. Boston 15 Ra l p h C. LEGGO, Crockett, Calif. H. H. SCHRENK, Pittsburgh PRANK PRINCI, C incinnati CHARLES F. SHOOK SR., Toledo OSCAR A. SANDER, M ilwaukee JAMES H. STERNER, Rochester, N. V. HERBERT E. STOKINGER, Cincinnati Volume 7 1953 V- /! PUBLISHERS i AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION CHICAGO 10, ILL. $ INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE AND OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE Nickel eczema: persistence of skin sensitivity [abstract], 433 Nicotine determination of small quantities in air and btolofclcal material (abstract), 441 Nltroparaffins colorimetric determination (abstract), 82 Noise airplane. Influence on auditory thresholds (ab stract), 80 airplane: occupational hazard In Untted States Air Force (abstract), 81 effects of Intense sound and ultrasound on ear (abstract), 540 Industrial: measurement (abstract). 80 Nuclear Energy: See Atomic Energy; Radioactivity Nullapon: See Ethylenedlamlnetetraacetate Oberst F. W. Acute narcotic effects of monochloromonobromomethane rapor In rats, *526 Comparstlre inhalation toxtcltles of 4 halogenated hydrocarbons to rats and mice In presence of gasoline fires: carbon tetrachloride, monochloromonobromomethane, dlfluorodibromomethane, and trifluoromonobromoinethaoe, *157 O bituasics Neal, Paul Ardeen, 353 01): See also Petroleum cutting, dermatitis (abstracts), 259, 260, 436 Old Age University of Michigan Sixth Annual Conference on Aging, 451 Owen, L. E. Spectrochemic&i analysis of beryllium in biological tissue, *503 Oxygen deficiency: catalase and anoxic anoxia resulting from work done In anaerobiosis (abstract), 427 new federal order on (abstract), 273 production and use. accident experience and preven tion (abstract], 265 Palat Industry Industrial hygiene In paint factory (abstract), 342 Parathlon exposure of Connecticut tobacco workers to (Schaefer A Vance], *133 iKrisoning in citrus grove operations in 1951 (ab stract), 439 poisoning, experimental: buseopan in treatment (Olechmann * Rakoczy), *152 urinary excretion of paranltrophenol following exposure: progress report (Lleben A others). *93 Paterson, H. F. Examination of heat stress indicts: usefulness of such Indices for predicting responses of African mine laborers, *221 Working efficiency of Africans In heat: effect of various saturated air temperatures, wind velocities, and rates of work, *234 Peart. A. F. W. Planning study to determine effects of atr pollution on health: review of methodology, *326 Pendergrass, E. P. Barttosia: report of case, *44 Personnel Available, 86 Pesticides: See Insecticides: snd under names of chemicals, as Parathlon Petroleum fractions: value of rabbit for carcinogenicity tests on (abstract), 174 Phenol poisoning, acute (abstract), 177 removal from alimentary tract or skin of persons suffering exposure (abstract), 262 Phosphates: See Phosphorus and Phosphorus Com pounds Phosphorus and Phosphorus Compounds: See also Parathlon cholinesterase response and symptomatology from exposure to organic phosphorus Insecticides (Sumerford A others], *383 occupational poisoning due to phosphorus trichloride (abstract). 178 problems Is assessing toxicology of organophosphorus Insecticides towards mammals (abstract]. 264 toxicology of phosphate polymer snd Us use as uranium antidote (abstract), 76 Physical Examinations periodic health examinations (Cook), *241 Plastics: See also Resins toxicity of butyl stearate, dlbutyl sebacate. dlbutyi phthalate, and methoxyethyl oleate (Smith). *310 Plumblam; See Lead, poisoning Plutonium production. Industrial medicine in (abstract), 449 Pneumoconiosis: See also Dusts acute course of silicosis (abstract), 261 adrenal cortical depression In stUcotlcs: critical observations and clinical findings (abstract], 176 antftracosllicosls occurring in foundry employee (Hamlin), *339 asbestosla, clinical picture and pathology (abstract). 437 baritosls: report of case (Pendergrass A Greening). 44 biological determination of prehypophyseal gonadostlffiullns in urine of patients with silicosis (ab stract], 177 classification [abstract), 436 coal miners* [abstract), 70 cotton dust In relation to bysslnosls (abstracts], 174, 173 due to dlatomaceous earth: clinical and x-ray aspects [abstract], 172 effect of cortisone on experimental silicosis (ab stracts). 72, 174 electrocardiograph for examining anthracoalUcotics [abstract), 175 examination procedures for silicon)* a* practised by Workmen's Compensation Commission in ' Quebec, Canada (abstract), 173 filtering capacity of noses of animals In dust inhala tion experiments (abstract), 179 Industrial medical aspects of chest diseases of occupational origin (abstract), 76 influence of hormones on development of silicotic nodules produced by intraperttoneal injection of quartz; (ebSttpct). 440 metabolism of blood proteins in [abstract], 438 problems In roentgen diagnosis of silicosis (ab stract), 76 properties of 2 antidust respirators for protection of workers against silicosis (abstract), 362 In radiator and boiler finishers [abstract), 434 aillcoals In dlatomaceous earth factories (abstract), 439 tissue reactions to silicate and ailtca dusts trom Kolar gold field mines (abstract), 173 Poisons and Poisoning: See also under names of substances, as Beryllium; Lead; Mercury; etc. Industrial toxicology [abstract], 262 Positions Available, 86 Posture electromyographic Investigations of iiositlon and manner of working In typewriting (abstract). 42k Precipitator portable electrostatic, operating from 110 volts A. C. or 6 volts 1). C. [Hosey A Jones), *49 thermal: modified form [abstract], 84 Printing Industry printers' asthma (abstract), 74 Proteins adsorption on quartz [Dale A Klug), *484 *s- . if Psychiatry in Industr Public Heal! occupation World H III Quartz: Se> Radar operator. Radiation : cataract : (abstra concept . street}, electroroar ologlc t exposure exposure (abstra exposures pntra tii intense Radioloc! radiology irradia Radioactiri control .1 in lab. distribut: berylli: field eqt: toxic others; guide f rgula (abstr hazards street ; inhalai (abat; late et: mater precaut: straci radiaiiri radloart radiolov 449 removal (absi; small r;; or bi treatnu depo> diem: Radium exami (ab* hazard lesions Yug polaor. froi Radon inhala Inhal: Rakoczy Busri by Rather. Toxi< rb) Renes. Anth Resins poly* in resin Respira' stud ven ABSTRACTS FROM CURRENT LITERATURE 437 Dermatitis P rovoked by Saturnidae Moths: Yellowtail Moth Dermatitis or Caripito Itch. Guido D'Avanzo, Med. lavoro 43:439 (Dec.) 1952. The author, a ship's medical officer of the Italian Mercantile Marine, sets forth a rare exotic infection, often of professional character, consisting of a very troublesome erythematousvesicular dermatitis caused by direct or indirect contact with the abdominal hairs of special Saturnidae moths characteristic of South and Central America, the same belonging to the genus Hylesia. After reporting some cases on vessels infested with these moths while in Caripito Bay, Venezuela, the author gives a complete outline of the infection and dwells upon the particular pathogenic mechanism, making recommendations for prophylaxis and therapy. A uthor's S ummary. Two Cases of Cane D isease. Lorio Reale, Med. lavoro 43:453 (Dec.) 1952. A description is given of two cases of cane disease observed in laborers working in a cane gathering center in Sardinio. Symptoms were acute eczema on face and limbs, irritation of conjunctiva and nasal mucous membranes, and a slight rise of temperature. The two patients recovered in a week. The author believes that cane disease is occupational and is caused by an allergy for a fungus of the Sporotrichum type, a parasite growing on canes exposed to humidity for long periods. E nglish Summary. T h e Clinical P icture and Pathology of A sbestosis. VV. B ehrens J r., Ztschr. Unfallmed, u. Berufskrankh. 45:129-140 (May 15); 179-189 (Sept. 15) 1952. This is a general account of asbestosis, introduced by mention of the uses of asbestos cen turies ago for woven garments for the dead during cremation and as wicks for the lamps of the vesta] virgins. The chief chemical and physical characters of different kinds of asbestos belong ing to the two main groups of this mineral--amphibolite and chrysolite asbestos--are recorded. The world distribution of asbestos and its mining, treatment, and use are shortly described, as well as the industries in which dust inhalation hazards may be met. Reference is made to the published work of a considerable number of authors who have studied asbestosis since the first records of the disease about 1906; their observations on the effect of length of exposure to asbestos dust in different concentrations are given. The symptomatology and diagnosis and the x-ray findings in different stages of the disease are also published. Special mention is made of the association of asbestosis with carcinoma, which is contrary to experience in cases of silicosis. Postmortem reports from the literature indcate that in 309 cases of asbestosis there were 44 lung carcinomas (14.2%), whereras in 2,204 cases of silicosis only 32 carcinomas were found (1.4%). The experience of the association of tuberculosis and asbestosis varies greatly in different countries. English workers have recorded a high rate of tuberculous infection among workers in asbestosis, and the Home Office reports for 1933 to 1939 include 90 deaths from asbestosis, with an association of tuberculosis in 32 deaths. This is, however, to be compared with the silicosis deaths; for during 1932 to 1939 there were 797 tuberculous infections in a total of 1,397 fatal cases of silicosis. In America, tuberculosis is a rare complication of asbestosis. Some figures from the German experience record that among 500 definite and 200 doubtful cases of asbestosis there were found only 11 instances of active and 51 of inactive tuberculosis, whereas among cases of silicosis the incidence of tuberculosis was 35% in the slight and 63% in the severe degrees of silicosis. The rest of the paper consists of a description of the macroscopic and microscopic appearances' of the lungs in asbestosis, as well as a discussion, with an excellent reference list, of the nature and significance of the "asbestosis bodies'' about which there have been so many differences of Pinion- M. E. D elafield [Bull. Hyg.].