Many of the activities of the M.R.C. are of particular interest to industrial physicians and teachers.New re- search units on clinical pulmonary physiology and atheroma have recently been introduced.Among the principal committees are those on occupational health, lung cancer, mineral oils, acute bronchitis, the human factor in railway accidents, and several on radiation hazards.The work of many of the research units, such as those on industrial injuries, pneumoconiosis, toxi- cology, radiological protection, social medicine, and in- dustrial psychology, is well known to practitioners in occupational health, and a summary is given of the cur- rent research of each unit.Examples of new develop- ments are the possibility of demonstrating tumour viruses in man, miniaturized radio-transmitting pills to make possible the measurement of physiological para- meters, and the conicycle, an instrument for measuring concentrations of respirable dust, which has retention characters similar to the human lung, rejecting particles outside the 1-7 I range.A new breath alcohol indicator may have more general impact.The report is clear, easy for the uninitiated to follow, and well indexed.The 11 articles on medical research, which constitute the second part of the report, and the section on the Council's Advisory Boards were published in booklet form by H.M.
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