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The Industrial Hygiene Digest was the monthly abstract journal of the Air Hygiene Foundation of America, Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, the research body that industry, including Johns-Manville, paid to follow the science of occupational disease. It went to the foundation's member companies. These are the two issues we have from 1939 (Volume 3): Johns-Manville's own copies, free to read online or download. Each opens with Foundation Facts, the foundation's newsletter to its members. The index below lists their contents by topic; each entry opens the issue at its page.
- Series
- Industrial Hygiene Digest, Volume 3
- Date
- 1939
- Rights
- Published in 1939 by the Air Hygiene Foundation of America, Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, for its member companies. No issue was registered or renewed for copyright (searched in the Catalog of Copyright Entries and the Copyright Office's records, November 2026); in the public domain in the United States. This copy is Johns-Manville's, from its litigation files.
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Index of articles
AsbestosClaims.Law compiled this index from each issue. Abstracts are listed by their number in the Digest, with the paper's author and journal where given. Page numbers are the printed ones; where a page carries none, it is counted from the first page of the issue.
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Books & Reviews
Dust Control, Ventilation & Respirators
- 575. American Standards Association committee drafts first standards to limit toxic dusts and gases (Industrial Standardization, July 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 1
- 585. ABC's of industrial dust control (Roy P. Warren, Occup. Hazards and Safety, July 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 4
- 588. Bureau of Mines midget impinger (H. H. Schrenk and F. L. Feicht, U. S. Bureau of Mines, Information Circular No. 7076, June 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 4
- 592. A new method of evaluating the effects of natural agencies on the ventilation of mines (F. B. Hinsley, Trans. Instn. Min. Engrs. London, April 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 5
- 593. Air filter performance as affected by low rate of dust feed, various types of carbon, and dust particle size and density (F. B. Rowley and R. C. Jordan, Heating, Piping & Air Cond., June 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 6
- 594. Relative air dustiness during cycle of operations at Mount Weather testing adit (J. A. Johnson and W. G. Agnew, U. S. Bur. of Mines, Report of Investigations No. 3453, June 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 6
- 595. Main fan installations at metal mines (Mine Safety Board, U. S. Bureau of Mines, Information Circular No. 7078, June 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 6
- 597. The flow of air and its distribution through ducts. Part 6, fan laws and fan selection (J. R. Zwickl, Heat. & Vent., July 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 7
- 792. List of respiratory protective devices approved by the Bureau of Mines (H. H. Schrenk, U.S. Bureau of Mines, Information Circular No. 7030, Fourth Supplement, October 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 3
- 814. Atmospheric contamination (A. H. Pfund, Science, October 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 7
- 815. The sampling of mine dusts with the thermal precipitator (H. S. Patterson, Inst. Min. & Metall. Bulletin No. 417, June 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 7
- 816. Certain dusts produced by mining processes and in other ways (H. S. Patterson, Inst. Min. & Metall., London, Bulletin No. 417, June 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 7
- 817. Evaluation of dust studies (Ohio Industrial Hygiene Bulletin, September 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 7
- 818. Reducing fly-ash emission (J. F. Barkley, Power Plant Engineering, November 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 7
- 819. Recent advances in dust separator design (Engineering and Boiler House Review, October 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 7
- 825. Calibration and use of the gas interferometer (F. A. Patty, J. Ind. Hyg. & Toxicol., November 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 8
- 829. Toxic fumes in Massachusetts industries (H. B. Elkins, Industrial Medicine, October 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 9
Foundation News
- Annual meeting set for Nov. 14–15 Aug. 1939, p. 1
- New trustees named Aug. 1939, p. 1
- C. E. Ralston heads new Membership Committee Aug. 1939, p. 1
- New Information Circular issued Aug. 1939, p. 1
- Fourth Foundation meeting hits attendance high: abstracted proceedings attached Nov. 1939, p. 1
- "Spread the word" Nov. 1939, p. 1
- "Cookbook" on X-ray nearly ready Nov. 1939, p. 1
Industrial Health News
- 573. Industrial hygienists form new association (A. C. Carruthers, Safety Eng., July 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 1
- 574. Dr. Clarence O. Sappington receives Knudsen Award Aug. 1939, p. 1
- 596. What is the responsibility of the coal-mine official in the present change to and future of mechanized mining? (D. Harrington, U. S. Bureau of Mines, Information Circular No. 7081, June 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 6
- 795. Investigation of electrical equipment, safety lamps and gas detectors for safety (L. C. Ilsley, U.S. Bur. of Mines, Information Circular No. 7087, September 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 4
Industrial Medicine & Plant Health Programs
- 582. Industrial incapacity and modern medicine (D. Stewart, Brit. Med. J., May 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 3
- 584. Industrial health surveys (Northwestern University Medical School, Dept. of Industrial Medicine, Bulletin No. 7, February 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 4
- 600. Industrial fatigue and the physiology of man at work (D. B. Dill, Industrial Medicine, July 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 7
- 601. Working capacity and diet (E. H. Christensen, Skand. Arch. Physiol., 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 7
- 793. Disabling morbidity among industrial workers, second quarter and first half of 1939 (W. M. Gafafer, U.S. Pub. Health Reports, October 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 3
- 797. Treatment of industrial burns with report of 350 cases (H. Poyner, Am. J. Surg., 1938) Nov. 1939, p. 4
- 801. Improvement in general health through industrial hygiene (Ohio Industrial Hygiene Bulletin, September 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 5
- 802. Health and safety in a modern factory (The Foundry, November 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 5
- 839. Vitamins in industry (K. T. Bisbee, Porcelain Enameling Forum, Ohio State University) Nov. 1939, p. 11
Law, Compensation & Insurance
- 576. Administration of laws for the prevention and control of occupational diseases (Theo. C. Waters, Am. J. Pub. Health, July 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 2
- 577. Industrial hygiene codes (J. R. Allen, Am. J. Pub. Health, July 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 2
- 583. Discussion of industrial accidents and diseases: report of 1938 convention (International Assoc., Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Divn. of Labor Standards, Bulletin No. 24, 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 3
- 618. Cancer as an accidental injury under the workmen's compensation act (I. H. Rubenstein and M. S. Levy, Ind. Med., July 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 11
- 786. Occupational disease legislation of 1939 (U.S. Dept. of Labor, Monthly Labor Review, July 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 1
- 787. Compensated injuries (The Industrial Bulletin, New York State Dept. of Labor, October 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 1
- 789. Compensation for exposure to mixture of solvents (Ohio Industrial Commission Monitor, October 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 2
- 790. Compensation award for heart attack (U.S. Dept. of Labor, Monthly Labor Review, August 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 2
- 791. Inhalation of stone dust held personal injury (U.S. Dept. of Labor, Monthly Labor Review, September 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 2
- 794. Cancer held compensable under New Jersey law (U.S. Dept. of Labor, Monthly Labor Review, August 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 4
Noise, Heat & Radiation
Occupational Cancer
- 578. Anthra-silicosis and bronchial carcinoma with quiescent tuberculosis (J. E. Lovelock, Brit. Med. J., July 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 2
- 844. The concentration of carcinogenic materials in mineral oils by distillation processes (J. M. Twort and R. Lyth, J. Ind. Hyg. & Toxicol., March 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 11
Other Dusts & Pneumoconioses
- 590. Elementary mechanisms of mineral pneumoconioses: action of permutite on pulmonary tissue (A. Policard, Bull. hist. appl. phys. tech. microscop., 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 5
- 591. Preliminary note on pumice dust (A. R. Smith and J. Siegel, Industrial Bulletin, New York Dept. of Labor, June 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 5
- 599. Action of various mineral dusts on conjunctive tissue studied with the aid of the corneal biomicroscope (A. Policard and J. Rollet, Compt. rend. soc. biol., 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 7
- 799. Examination of cotton mill workers (U. Thiry, J. Am. Med. Assoc., September 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 4
- 803. Hazards in the cement industry (Occupational Hazards, October 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 5
- 808. Anthracosis or pulmonary tuberculosis of coal miners in New South Wales (C. Badham, Arch. des mal. prof., 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 6
- 812. Health injury from industrial dust (O. Schulz, Gasmaske, 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 6
Silica & Silicosis
- 579. A review of silicosis and dust testing in Ontario (G. C. Richards, Canadian Min. J., March 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 3
- 580. Silicosis and tuberculosis (M. Conrozier and J. Magnin, Industrial Medicine, July 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 3
- 586. The composition of stone and of inhaled dust in relation to silicosis (A. Shaw, Colliery Guardian, 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 4
- 587. The effect of aluminum on solution of mine dust (S. R. Rabson, Bull. Inst. Mining & Met., 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 4
- 589. On the effect of grinding on the solubility of mineral substances, and on the toxic character of the resulting dusts (M. W. Travers, Chem. & Ind., March 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 5
- 804. Contribution to the knowledge of pneumoconiosis from lamp black (O. Hübner, Arch. f. Gewerbepath., 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 5
- 805. The present status of silicosis (A. J. Lanza, Ohio State Medical Journal, September 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 5
- 806. Silicosis in the Netherlands (J. Am. Med. Assoc., September 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 5
- 807. Dyspnea of silicosis: what causes it (L. G. Cole and W. G. Cole, J. Am. Med. Assoc., September 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 6
- 809. Silicosis from siliceous chalk (K. Humperdinck, Dtsch. Arch. f. klin. Med., 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 6
- 810. Examination of a chromium-silicotic lung (E. Letterer, Arch. f. Gewerbepath., 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 6
- 811. Central Mining–Rand Mines Group: health department report for the year 1938 (A. J. Orenstein, Johannesburg, 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 6
- 813. Technic in experimental silicosis and investigation of the value of the tracheal catheter in studying the effect of dust on the lungs (C. Naeslund, Arch. f. Gewerbepath., 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 6
Skin Diseases
- 619. Occupational melanosis from pitch (H. R. Foerster and L. Schwartz, Arch. Dermat. and Syphilol., June 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 11
- 620. Protective creams in the prevention of dermatitis (G. C. Harrold, Occup. Hazards & Safety, July 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 12
- 848. Occupational diseases affecting engravers (Uytdenhoef, J. Am. Med. Assoc., September 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 12
- 850. Industrial skin diseases: observations in central Germany (T. Grüneberg, Med. Klin., 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 12
- 851. Occupational leukoderma (preliminary report) (E. A. Oliver, L. Schwartz et al., J. Am. Med. Assoc., September 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 12
Toxic Chemicals & Metals
- 598. Industrial impairment of health and poisoning in the metal-working industry (Freitag, Oberflachentech., 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 7
- 602. Dangerous gases in distillation and refining processes (E. LeQ. Herbert, J. Inst. Petroleum, June 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 8
- 603. The detection of gas in the field and refinery in Iran (Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., J. Inst. Petroleum, June 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 8
- 604. The physiological effects of toxic gases and vapors (T. McClurkin, J. Inst. Petroleum, June 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 8
- 605. The detection of toxic gases in industry (R. B. Vallender, J. Inst. Petroleum, June 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 8
- 606. Protection against dangerous gases in the operation of cracking plants (E. J. M. Tait, J. Inst. Petroleum, June 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 9
- 607. Toxic organic solvents (K. Tomlinson, Paint Manufacture, 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 9
- 608. Toxicity of motor fuels and exhaust gases (G. Castrovilli, Rass. med. ind., 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 9
- 609. Carbon monoxide in underground atmospheres: the role of bacteria in its elimination (G. W. Jones and G. S. Scott, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 9
- 610. Effects on animals of prolonged exposure to sulphur dioxide (F. R. Weedon et al., Contrib. Boyce Thompson Inst., April–June 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 9
- 611. The selenium problem and its relation to public health (Q. A. Manville, Am. J. Pub. Health, July 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 10
- 612. Lead hazard at soldering benches (Theo. Hatch, Industrial Bulletin, New York Dept. of Labor, June 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 10
- 613. The toxicity of octyl alcohol (J. Am. Med. Assoc. (Queries & Minor Notes), June 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 10
- 614. The effects of ethylene dichloride vapors (J. Am. Med. Assoc. (Queries & Minor Notes), July 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 10
- 615. Toxicity of ethylene and propylene glycols (M. Aiazzi Mancini, Boll. soc. ital. biol. sper., 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 11
- 616. Carbon disulfide poisoning (S. Sarai, Z. klin. Path. Hamatol., 1936) Aug. 1939, p. 11
- 617. Pulmonary injury by manganese dust (K. W. Jötten, Deutsch med. Wschr., 1939) Aug. 1939, p. 11
- 800. The hygienic aspects of welding (F. H. deBalsac and Leroy, Arch. des mal. prof., May 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 4
- 820. Determination of benzene hydrocarbons in lacquer solvents (F. X. Mayer and A. Luszczak, Arch. f. Hyg., 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 7
- 821. Continuous registration of carbon monoxide hemoglobin in the circulating blood (K. Matthes and F. Gross, Arch. f. exp. Pathol. u. Pharmakol., 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 7
- 822. Value of quantitative determination of carbon monoxide for legal experts and for the clinical investigation of carbon monoxide poisoning (L. Breitenecker, Wien. klin. Wchnschr., 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 8
- 823. Determination of lead by dithizone: modifications and improvements of the Hubbard-Clifford-Wichman method as applied to biological material (K. Bambach, Indust. Eng. Chem., Anal. Ed., July 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 8
- 824. Spectroscopic analysis of biological fluids for heavy metals (Armstrong and Brackett, J. Ind. Hyg. & Toxicol., November 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 8
- 826. The presence of non-oxygen-combining (inactive) hemoglobin in the blood of normal individuals (Warburg, Science, October 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 8
- 827. Accidents caused by cold tarring of boilers (E. Martin, Méd. du Travail, 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 8
- 828. Chronic exposure to benzene (benzol): the industrial aspects, the clinical aspects, the pathologic results; Benzene poisoning in the rotogravure printing industry in New York City; The hematological effects of benzene poisoning (M. Bowditch, H. B. Elkins et al., J. Ind. Hyg. & Toxicol., October 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 9
- 830. Fatal subacute occupational lead poisoning (W. Ehrhardt, Arch. f. Gewerbepath., 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 9
- 831. Possibilities of control of lead exposure by examining less than 24 hour urine samples (E. C. Barnes, J. Ind. Hyg. & Toxicol., November 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 10
- 832. Volatilization of lead below 800°C (Paul F. Rezin and Philip Drinker, J. Ind. Hyg. & Toxicol., November 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 10
- 833. Lead tetraethyl as an anti-knock (Szczepanski, Arbeitsschutz, 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 10
- 834. Gastrointestinal tract, especially disturbance of the intestines, in lead poisoning (H. Otto and F. Kuhlmann, Klin. Wchnschr., 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 10
- 835. Oxygen consumption of bone marrow in lead poisoning (S. Caccuri, Folia med., 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 10
- 836. Fatal accident from nitrous gas (W. Krauland, Wien. klin. Wchnschr., 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 10
- 837. Seventeenth annual report of the Safety in Mines Research Board, 1938 (H. M. Stationery Office, London, 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 10
- 838. Poisoning from lead tetraethyl benzine (lead gasoline) and its combustion products (E. Starring, Dtsch. Ztschr. f. Nervenheilkund., 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 10
- 840. Serious changes of the liver from acute poisoning in "metallizing" in a tank (J. Adler-Herzmark, Arch. des mal. prof., 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 11
- 841. Progressive bulbar paralysis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis after chronic manganese poisoning (H. Voss, Arch. f. Gewerbepath., 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 11
- 842. The occurrence of occupational manganese poisoning in the steel industry (apropos of a case in a grinder of ferro-manganese) (H. Voss, Arch. f. Gewerbepath., 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 11
- 843. Serious manganese poisoning among Egyptian manganese miners (E. W. Baader, Arch. f. Gewerbepath., 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 11
- 845. Wood smoke as a cause of asthma (B. Z. Rappaport and R. Hecht, J. Am. Med. Assoc., September 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 11
- 846. Central azotemias: extrarenal uremia observed in the course of intoxication with illuminating gas (R. S. Mach and M. Naville, Schweiz. med. Wchnschr., June 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 11
- 847. Poisoning by commercial propane (W. Gueffroy, Gasmaske, 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 12
- 849. Contribution to our knowledge of the ocular changes induced by hydrogen sulphide (H. Sjögren, Acta Opth., 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 12
- 852. A toxicological study of the principal constituents of special steels (R. Fabre and M. E. Kahane, Arch. des mal. prof., May 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 12
- 853. Welding hazards (C. A. Bonner, Safety Engineering, October 1939) Nov. 1939, p. 12
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Pages on this site about the diseases and companies these issues name:
- Silicosis: 579. A review of silicosis and dust testing in Ontario (G. C. Richards, Canadian Min. J., March 1939) (Aug. 1939, p. 3)
- Dust Control: 585. ABC's of industrial dust control (Roy P. Warren, Occup. Hazards and Safety, July 1939) (Aug. 1939, p. 4)
- Pneumoconiosis: 804. Contribution to the knowledge of pneumoconiosis from lamp black (O. Hübner, Arch. f. Gewerbepath., 1939) (Nov. 1939, p. 5)
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