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Industrial Medicine, Being The Papers And Discussions On "The Practice Of Medicine And The Industries" Presented At The Xxxixth Annual Meeting Of The American ... Held At Atlantic City, June 20, 1914
Industrial Medicine Being The Papers And Discussions On The Practice Of Medicine And The Industries Presented At The Xxxixth Annual Meeting Of The American Held At Atlantic City June 20 1914 Author:Various INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE Being the Papers and Discussions on The Practice of Medicine and the Industries - 1914 - INTRODUCTION. - Following the custom of the last two or three years the American Academy of Medicine collates in this volume the papers and discussions of the principal topic of discussion at its last annual meeting. Notwithstanding these... more » articles have appeared in the Bztlletin of the American Academy of Medicine, experience has shown that there is demand for gathering the papers into a single volume for convenience of reference. The opportunity offered by this publishing is embraced to thank all those who contributed to make the discussion so valuable. That it is but the partial presentation of the subject itself does not decrease its value because of the excellence of the papers upon individual topics. TABLE OF CONTENTS. I. The Cancer Death Rate in Selected Occupations. By Frederick L. Hoffman, LL-D., Newark, N. J,. . . . . . ., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 11. The Economic Importance of Lead Poisoning. By Alice Hamilton, M. A., M. D., Chicago.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 111. Hygiene and Machinery Hazards. By C. T. Graham-Rogers, M. D., New York City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7 IV. Measuring the Cost of Child Labor. By Alexander J. McKelway, D. D., Washington, D. C., and Owen R. Lovejoy, LLD., NewYork City ...................... .................. 31 V. Causes of Morbidity and Mortality in the Industrial Parturient Woman and Measures for Improvement. By E. E. Montgomery, M. D.. LL. D., Philadelphia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 VI. Fatigue as an Element of Menace to Health in the Industries. By L. Duncan Bulkley, A. M.. M. D., New York City. . . . . . . . 44 VII. Light in the Industries. By Edward Jackson, M. D., Denver.. 50 VIII. Heat and Ventilation. By John Roach, Trenton, N. J.. . . . . . 56 IX. Crowding, in Relation to the Health of Working People. By Charles Richmond Henderson, D. D., Ph. D., Chicago. . . . . . . . 61 X. How Foods and Drugs Can Menace. By Winfield Scott Hall, Ph. D., M. D., Chicago. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 XI. Home Surroundings. By Thomas D. Davis, M. D., Ph. D., Pittsburgh .............................................. 82 XII. Improper Recreations. By Sherrnan C. Kingsley, Chicago. . . . . 87 XIII. Discussion Dr. L. Duncan Bulkley.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Mr. Lewis T. Bryant.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Dr. F. L. Hoffman .......... L. ........................... 92 Mr. H. W. Jordan ....................................... 93 . Dr. C. T. Graham-Rogers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Dr. Helen C. Putnam. . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Dr. Edward Jackson.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Dr. JohnL. Heffron .................................... 96 XIV. Medical Inspection of the Industries-National, State, Municipal, or Private. By Ray Lyman Wilbur, A. M., M. D., San Francisco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 XV. Medical Supervision in Dangerous Trades. By George M. Price, M. D., New York City.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 XVI. Prevention of Industrial Accidents and Sickness by Systematic Inspection of Plant and Employees. By H. W...« less