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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



VOL. I43 



Conley, B. E., 1958, p. 18. (U.S., first aid 

 for poisoning.) 



Du Bois, K. P., and Geiling, E. M. K., 1959, 

 pp. 1-3 13. (U.S., textbook of toxicology.) 



Gaines, T. B., i960, p. 88. (Compares toxi- 

 cology /LDso values and symptomatol- 

 ogy/ of 42 pesticides and 2 metabolites 

 of DDT administered by single dose 

 orally and dermally to Sherman strain 

 adult rats. Includes chlorinated hydro- 

 carbons, organic phosphates, and a group 

 of miscellaneous pesticides.) 



Hayes, W. J., 1959, p. 891. (Reports on a 

 survey of human illnesses during anti- 

 malaria spray program in Kenya, Tan- 

 ganyika, Indonesia, India, and Iran. 

 Based on this and pertinent literature 

 concludes that hazard of dieldrin is pro- 

 portional to degree of exposure as de- 

 termined by concentration of spray, area 

 of bare skin, duration of contact, and 

 lack of personal hygiene.) 

 i960, pp. 379-404. (Safety records newer 

 compounds good because of careful label- 

 ing in the United States. Safety should 

 be improved in all countries. Investiga- 

 tion required of those exposed to many 

 times greater dosages than the general 

 public.) 



Ingle, L., 1956, pp. 1-11. (U.S., toxicity 

 aldrin, chlordane, DDT, dieldrin, en- 

 drin, heptachlor, lindane, methoxychlor, 

 toxaphene: acute oral and dermal lethal 

 dosages, tests on animals, case histories 

 man.) 



Kerr, S. H., and Brogden, J. E., i960, p. 19. 

 (U.S., relative acute oral doses of para- 

 thion and malathion compared with 

 DDT. Acute dermal toxicity higher than 

 oral — takes more to kill. Toxicity of 

 most insecticides given in Florida Agric. 

 Res. Inst. Exten. Ent. Mimeogr. No. 10, 

 rev. Apr. 1, i960.) 



Knipling, E. F., i960, pp. 28-36, in U.S. 

 Dept. Argic, ARS, Publ. 20-9, i960, 

 pp. 1-221. (U.S., soil insecticides for con- 

 trol termites. Insecticides responsible for 

 fewer accidental deaths than are many 

 other household chemicals.) 



Lehman, A. J., 1951, pp. 122-133. (Acute 

 toxicity of 86 pesticides. Single dose oral 

 toxicity to rats, with symptomatology.) 

 1952, pp. 3-9. (Dermal toxicity of pesti- 

 cides. Single 24-hr. exposures of rabbits 

 to 39 pesticides, and multiple exposures 

 of rabbits to 35 of these, with toxicity 

 values and symptomatology.) 



Mellan, I., and Mellan, E., 1956, pp. 1-150. 



(Symptoms and antidotes for poisons — 

 soil poisons, wood preservatives.) 



Metcalf, R. L. (Ed.), 1957, pp. 1-38. (Health 

 hazards in use of pesticides; manufac- 

 ture and distribution; user; medical con- 

 trol, treatment; accidental poisoning; 

 residues in food.) 



National Acad. Sci. — National Res. Counc, 

 Div. Medical Sci., 1954, pp. 1-16. (Safe 

 handling of pesticides employed in pub- 

 lic health.) 



National Safety Counc, i960, in Safety 

 Education, i960, pp. 1-4. (Safe use of 

 pesticides in home and garden.) 



Negherbon, W. O., 1959, pp. 1-854. (A com- 

 pendium of information including toxi- 

 cological data for insecticides. Arranged 

 alphabetically, mostly by chemical names, 

 occasionally by trade names, each section 

 includes a general statement; physical and 

 chemical properties; toxicological data; 

 pharmacology, pharmacodynamics, and 

 physiology; symptoms; phototoxicity; 

 toxicity for insects; precautions.) 



Pesticides Regulation Branch, U.S. Dept. 

 Agric, i960, pp. 1-5. (Pesticides can be 

 used safely, read and heed the label, 

 causes of accidents, precautions.) 



School Public Health, Univ. Michigan, 

 1954, pp. 1-50. (Industry and public 

 health points of view of toxicology. Pest 

 control operational hazards and precau- 

 tionary measures, discussion hazards.) 



Sollman, T., 1957, p. 48. (Treatment of 

 poisoning, pp. 172-181; insecticides and 

 pesticides, specific chemicals; see index.) 



Stilwell, H, i960, pp. 34-36, 76-78. (U.S., 

 dangers to man in use of chlorinated 

 hydrocarbons as insecticides on the farm; 

 advocates congressional investigation.) 



U.S. Public Health Service, 1956, p. 78. 

 (General summary of available toxico- 

 logical data on pesticides, with symptom- 

 atology and suggestions for treatment of 

 poisoning.) 

 i960, p. 31. (Entire U.S. Lists location, 

 telephone number, and officer to be con- 

 tacted at Poison Control Centers, facilities 

 which provide to the medical profession 

 on a 24-hr. daily basis information con- 

 cerning the prevention and treatment of 

 accidents involving ingestion of or con- 

 tact with poisonous or potentially poison- 

 ous substances. Treatment is available at 

 most of the centers.) 

 1961, pp. 1-38, idem, revised, April. 



Ward, J. C, 1958, pp. 14-16. (U.S., use pesti- 

 cides with care.) 



