A Guide to the diagnosis of occupational diseases : a reference manual for physicians / compiled jointly by the staffs of the Industrial Health Division Department of National Health and Welfare, and the Division of Industrial Hygiene, Department of Health for Ontario.

Date:
[1949]
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Credit: A Guide to the diagnosis of occupational diseases : a reference manual for physicians / compiled jointly by the staffs of the Industrial Health Division Department of National Health and Welfare, and the Division of Industrial Hygiene, Department of Health for Ontario. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    giving an alphabetical list of ‘‘Occupations’’ with their associated potential health hazards; and in Chapter 3 there follows a description of occupational diseases which may result from those hazards. Harmful chemicals are described under the following headings: Properties, Uses and Occurrence, Mode of Entry into the Body, Physiological Action and Toxicity, Signs and Symptoms. The remaining chapters are of more general interest, Chapter I providing a brief discussion of occupational diseases, Chapter IV a review of occupational dermatoses and Chapter V a summary of the various provincial workmen’s compensation acts. This publication is intended to present only a brief summary of current knowledge of the diagnostic features relevant to occupa- tional diseases. The selection and arranging of the material, together with the writing of accompanying text, have been performed largely by Dr. R. B. Sutherland of the Ontario Division of Industrial Hygiene and Dr. E. A. Watkinson and H. N. Acker, B.A., of the Federal Division of Industrial Health. Much of the material has been selected from works listed in the bibliography. Acknowledgment is also made to the United States Department of Labor, whose bulletin No. 41, “Occupation Hazards and Diagnostic Signs’, has served as the basis for Chapter II. The values given for maximum allowable concentrations are those generally accepted today, but of course, are subject to change when further scientific knowledge warrants revision. It is hoped that this book will fill, at least in part, a long felt need for a ready reference manual on the diagnosis of occupational diseases. F.S.’ PARNEY, NED, J. G. CUNNINGHAM, M.B. Chief, Director, Industrial Health Division, Division of Industrial Hygiene, Dept. of National Health and Dept. of Health for Ontario, Welfare, Toronto. Ottawa.