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VOLUME 3

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Chronic Beryllium Poisoning of Long Duration from Fluorescent Lamp Manufacturing:
Report of a Case. George K. Fean, M.D., Beverly, Mass............................................ .
571
Beryllium Disease from the Ceramic Industry: Report of a Case. Preston W. Reynolds,
M.D., Schenectady, N. Y......................................................................................................... 575
Metabolic Study of a Case of Chronic Beryllium Poisoning Treated with ACTH. Harriet
L. Hardy, M.D.; Frederic C. Bartter, M.D., Boston, and Abraham E. Jaffin, M.D.,
Jersey City, N. J....................................................................................................................... 579
Choice of Drugs and Dosage.

Howard S. Van Ordstrand, Cleveland.................................... 583

Recognition and Prevention of the Complications of ACTH and Cortisone Therapy. Thomas
F. Frawley, M.D., Boston...................................................................................................... 587
Information Gained in Pretherapy and Post-Therapy Pulmonary Function Studies. John
McClement, M.D., NewYork................................................................................................. 599
Pulmonary Function in Patients with Pulmonary Disease Treated with ACTH. B. G.
Ferris Jr., M.D.; J. E. Affeldt, M.D.; H. A. Kriete, A.B., and J. L. Whittenberger,
M.D., Boston .......................................................................................................................... 603
Interpretation of Results of ACTH and Cortisone Therapy in Chronic Beryllium Poison­
ing : Data Obtained by Pretherapy and Post-Therapy Studies of Pulmonary Function.
George W. Wright, M.D., Trudeau, N. Y............................................................................ 617
Minimum Observations Necessary to Advance Knowledge of the Action of ACTH and
Cortisone. Anne Forbes,M.D., Boston.................................................................................. 622
Current Research Problems Concerning Pulmonary Granulomatosis in Beryllium Work­
ers. Friedrich Klemperer, M.D., Trudeau, N. Y................................................................. 625
General Discussion on the Treatment of Chronic Beryllium Poisoning with ACTH and
Cortisone ................................................................................................................................... 629

Health Hazards in the Production and Handling of Vanadium Pentoxide. Sven-Gosta
Sjoberg, M.D., Eskilstuna, Sweden...........................................................................
631
News and Comment........................................................................................................................ 647
Book Reviews ................................................................................................................................. 648