Industrial Hygiene Digest, 1940

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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 1940 (Volume 4): 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 4
Date: 1940
Rights: Published in 1940 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.

The issues

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May 26 pp. · PDF, 2.3 MB

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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Asbestos

282. An X-ray study of the lungs of workmen in the asbestos industry, covering a period of ten years (A. W. George and R. D. Leonard, Radiology, 1939) Apr. 1940, p. 5

Books & Reviews

Dust Control, Ventilation & Respirators

Foundation News

Audit your sick absenteeism and cut losses Apr. 1940, p. 1
Ask questions on employee health Apr. 1940, p. 1
Monthly index of Digest inaugurated Apr. 1940, p. 1
Do you want the Digest punched for loose-leaf filing? Apr. 1940, p. 1
Able industrial hygienist available Apr. 1940, p. 1
Index to this issue Apr. 1940, p. 19
Companies interested in sick absenteeism to meet May 27 May 1940, p. 1
Foundation's work summarized in Mellon Institute report May 1940, p. 1
James J. Denny, Canadian metallurgist who worked on aluminum dust as a silicosis preventive, dies (unheaded note) May 1940, p. 1
Foundation staff articles in National Safety News and Scientific American (unheaded note) May 1940, p. 1
Index to this issue May 1940, p. 23
Bulletin: special "instruction" meeting on "Sick Absenteeism in Industry," Mellon Institute, May 27, 1940 (dated May 8, 1940) May 1940, p. 24
Reply form: representation at the "Sick Absenteeism in Industry" instruction meeting, May 27, 1940 May 1940, p. 25

Industrial Health News

Industrial Medicine & Plant Health Programs

268. Lighting and air-conditioning improve draftsman's efficiency (Occupational Hazards, March 1940) Apr. 1940, p. 1
296. The course of disabling morbidity among industrial workers, 1921–1938 (W. M. Gafafer, Ind. Med., February 1940) Apr. 1940, p. 8
302. Antiseptics and their action (R. M. Freeman, Ind. Med., February 1940) Apr. 1940, p. 9
303. The inguinal ligament (C. M. Hillenbrand, Ind. Med., February 1940) Apr. 1940, p. 9
304. The anti-syphilis campaign (P. J. Ochsner, Ind. Med., February 1940) Apr. 1940, p. 9
305. A practical approach to supervision of mental health in industry (F. S. Parney, Ind. Med., February 1940) Apr. 1940, p. 9
306. Women in industry (M. E. Pidgeon, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Women's Bureau, Bulletin No. 164, 1938) Apr. 1940, p. 10
307. Study of the factors of employability (G. A. Paul, Ind. Med., February 1940) Apr. 1940, p. 10
308. The doctor's part in the personnel program (G. A. Coburn, Ind. Med., February 1940) Apr. 1940, p. 10
309. Relationship of industrial medicine to private practice (S. J. Seeger, Ind. Med., February 1940) Apr. 1940, p. 10
310. Small plant hired nurse: saves (M. G. Holstine, Factory Man. & Main., March 1940) Apr. 1940, p. 10
311. The industrial nurse (H. M. James, Ind. Med., February 1940) Apr. 1940, p. 10
314. Priceless possessions (L. Greenburg, National Safety News, January 1940) Apr. 1940, p. 11
364. Guarding the health of garment workers (L. Price, Lab. Inform. Bull., January 1940) May 1940, p. 7
365. Disabling morbidity among industrial workers, final quarter of 1939 and the entire year (W. M. Gafafer, U.S. Public Health Reports, April 1940) May 1940, p. 7
368. Favorable health showing (The Management Review, April 1940) May 1940, p. 8
379. Pneumonia in industry (H. A. Lindberg, Ind. Med., April 1940) May 1940, p. 12
380. Industrial workers of 1960 (C. P. McCord, Ind. Med., April 1940) May 1940, p. 12
381. Integration of industrial hygiene with industrial medicine (H. G. Dyktor, Ind. Med., April 1940) May 1940, p. 13
382. Pre-employment examinations (North Carolina) (M. F. Trice, Ind. Med., April 1940) May 1940, p. 13
383. Industrial medical education (J. Am. Med. Assoc., February 1940) May 1940, p. 13
385. Basic principles of industrial sanitation (J. M. DallaValle and R. R. Jones, J. Am. Pub. Health Assoc., April 1940) May 1940, p. 14
386. Operator fatigue is minimized by modern machine tools (Steel, April 1940) May 1940, p. 14
387. Syphilis case finding in industry (A. E. Russell, J. Am. Med. Assoc., April 1940) May 1940, p. 14
388. Industrial cooperation in syphilis control in New Jersey (John Hall, J. Soc. Hyg., February 1940) May 1940, p. 14
389. Industrial anti-syphilis programs at work (J. Soc. Hyg., February 1940) May 1940, p. 14
390. A syphilis control program in industry (C. A. Wilzbach, J. Soc. Hyg., February 1940) May 1940, p. 15
391. Incidence of syphilis in industrial plants (H. Heimann, New York State Dept. of Labor, Industrial Bulletin, March 1940) May 1940, p. 15
392. Effects of syphilis on health and earning power (A. Lillywhite, J. Soc. Hyg., February 1940) May 1940, p. 15
393. Familial occurrence of nystagmus of miners (J. Ohm, Arch. f. Ophthal., 1939) May 1940, p. 15
396. Industrial health (J. Am. Med. Assoc., February 1940) May 1940, p. 16

Law, Compensation & Insurance

Noise, Heat & Radiation

Occupational Cancer

420. Factors influencing carcinogenesis with methylcholanthrene. III. The effect of solvents (M. B. Shimkin and H. B. Andervont, U.S. Public Health Reports, March 1940) May 1940, p. 20

Other Dusts & Pneumoconioses

283. The roentgenologic aspects of bronchomycosis (H. P. Doub, Radiology, March 1940) Apr. 1940, p. 5
284. Lungs affected by ochre dust (H. Otto, Arch. Gewerbepath. & Gewerbehyg., 1939) Apr. 1940, p. 5
285. Dust and disease (H. J. Spector, Safety Engineering, March 1940) Apr. 1940, p. 6
286. Pulmonary aspergillosis (H. S. Van Ostrand, Cleveland Clinic Quarterly, January 1940) Apr. 1940, p. 6
334. Biomicroscopic studies of the effect of cobalt dusts (smaltite and cobaltite) on the cornea (A. Policard and J. Rollet, Compt. rend. Soc. de Biol., 1939) Apr. 1940, p. 15
367. Use of respirator masks ends sickness absences (H. M. Scherr, Factory Man. & Main., April 1940) May 1940, p. 8
370. Roentgen examination of the structure of pneumoconiotic lungs (H. Gärtner, Arch. f. Gewerbepath., 1939) May 1940, p. 8

Silica & Silicosis

277. Silicosis (E. R. Hayhurst, Merck Report, April 1940) Apr. 1940, p. 4
278. Recent developments in relation to silicosis (L. U. Gardner, Ind. Med., February 1940) Apr. 1940, p. 4
279. Arrest of the toxic action of silica dust on the conjunctive tissue by aluminum (A. Policard and J. Rollet, Compt. rend. Soc. de Biol., 1939) Apr. 1940, p. 4
280. Warning incidence of silicosis on Rand (S. Africa Min. & Eng. J., January 1940) Apr. 1940, p. 5
281. Detection of silica-containing dust in lung tissues by means of fluorescence microscopy (H. Oberdalhoff, Arch. Gewerbepath. & Gewerbehyg., 1939) Apr. 1940, p. 5
361. Analysis of silicosis claims (Ohio Ind. Comm. Monitor, April 1940) May 1940, p. 6
366. Pneumoconiosis from mineral colors (J. Hagen, Arch. f. Gewerbepath., 1939) May 1940, p. 7
369. Silicosis: racket or responsibility? (Ceramic Ind., April 1940) May 1940, p. 8

Skin Diseases

348. Prevention of industrial dermatitis (J. V. Klauder et al., Arch. Derm. & Syphil., February 1940) Apr. 1940, p. 18
349. Allergic occupational dermatoses (L. Schwartz, J. Allergy, March 1940) Apr. 1940, p. 18
415. Skin hazards in American industry. Part III (L. Schwartz, U.S. Public Health Bulletin No. 249, 1939) May 1940, p. 19
416. Rat mite dermatitis (L. F. Weber, J. Am. Med. Assoc., April 1940) May 1940, p. 19
417. Industrial dermatitis from gloves (W. D. Norwood and E. E. Evans, J. Am. Med. Assoc., April 1940) May 1940, p. 20
418. Dermatitis from orthodichlorobenzene (J. G. Downing, J. Am. Med. Assoc., 1939) May 1940, p. 20
419. Onychia due to handling sugar (C. L. Cummer, Arch. Derm. & Syphil., January 1940) May 1940, p. 20

Toxic Chemicals & Metals

Tuberculosis & Chest X-Rays

312. X-ray in industry (M. W. Clift, Ind. Med., February 1940) Apr. 1940, p. 11
313. A plan for the control of tuberculosis in industry (M. R. Burnell, Ind. Med., February 1940) Apr. 1940, p. 11

In the Library

Pages on this site about the diseases and companies these issues name:

Silicosis: 278. Recent developments in relation to silicosis (L. U. Gardner, Ind. Med., February 1940) (Apr. 1940, p. 4)
Pneumoconiosis: 276. Pneumoconiosis (silicosis): the story of dusty lungs. A preliminary report (L. G. Cole and W. G. Cole, John B. Pierce Foundation, 1940) (Apr. 1940, p. 3)
Dust Control: 291. Profits in air: dust control. Part I. The dust problem, employee examinations, dust surveys (F. F. Kravath, Heating & Ventilating, March 1940) (Apr. 1940, p. 7)

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