Intelligent Handling Research Articles

EFFECT OF HYPOPROTEINEMIA ON WOUND DISRUPTION

The rupture of abdominal wounds, with or without evisceration, is an old story. Even with the development of modern aseptic technic and a more intelligent handling of tissues, this complication continues to occur in from 1 to 3 per cent of all abdominal operations. Starr and Nason1found it in 0.61 per cent of their cases after laparotomy. Fincke2reported an incidence of 1.1 per cent; Meleney and Howes,3of from 1 to 2 per cent, and Eliason and McLaughlin,4of 0.27 per cent. Sokolov5reported an incidence in Europe of from 2 to 3 per cent. That this complication occurred in wounds which were not infected, in which hemostasis was good, in which trauma to the tissues and tension were minimal and in which unusual strain was obviated suggested that additional factors of a general character might be playing a part in the disruption of certain abdominal wounds. The fact that the majority of these accidents occur after

THE MANAGEMENT OF IMPETIGO CONTAGIOSA IN MATERNITY HOSPITALS

Impetigo contagiosa is breaking out on Baby C. in the nursery. To the hospital superintendent who has been through a previous epidemic of impetigo contagiosa, such an announcement brings immediate anxiety and fear, for she is confronted at that moment by the instant necessity for a change of routine in the nursery, a doubling or more in that part of the nursing personnel, and a ceaseless vigilance in the coming days, if this contagious disease is to be spared the other babies and even death warded off. And yet, in spite of the frequent occurrence of this important problem, the minutiae of treatment, so essential for the intelligent handling of these situations, are almost entirely lacking in the literature and the textbooks alike. Knowles and Munson1review the literature on epidemics in institutions, and add to the series the details of three small outbreaks of impetigo in two hospitals

MEDICAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF CHILDHOOD DELINQUENCY

What recommendations are to be made to meet these delinquency and behavior disorders in children? We have seen that with one group of cases truancy and delinquency occur in the nervous child, due for the most part to inability of the child, because of his nervous condition, to adjust to the rather rigid requirements of school life. Again we have seen that certain personalities while often possessing exceptionally good qualities, still are so constituted as to be unable, unaided, to make suitable adjustment in the environment in which most children must get along. Then there are the cases which are the product of the environment itself—these cases gradually developing because of the combination of circumstances—these probably being the most unfortunate of all because of the continued unfavorable development in adult life. The first step would appear to be an examination of the child both as to his physical health, and as to the social and environmentalboth as to his physical health, and as to the social an...

Have We a Just Standard of Industrial Intelligence?

Previous articleNext article FreeHave We a Just Standard of Industrial Intelligence?Frank Henry SeldenFrank Henry Selden Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by American Journal of Sociology Volume 24, Number 6May, 1919 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/212970 Views: 81Total views on this site PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

Electric control for rolling-mill motors

Much has been said regarding the remarkable electrical applications during the last few years in connection with the iron and steel industry, but only those directly interested in this work realize how much impetus has been given to it by the development of suitable controlling apparatus. When A. C. Dinkey, then chief electrician of the Carnegie Steel Homestead works, installed the first electric motor for roll-table service in 1893, he naturally used the standard apparatus of the day, and quite naturally it failed. He immediately sought for something better, especially in controlling apparatus. At that time the only service comparing in severity with that encountered in rolling mills was in electric railway practice; accordingly, the railway motor was rewound for 250 volts and placed in service. In controllers not even temporary satisfaction was found in the devices available, so Mr. Dinkey developed a simple rheostatic controller of the face-plate type. This controller, or one similar to it, together with the rewound railway motor, supplied the demands for about 12 years. Meantime, however, it was found that mill service was much more severe than railway service — more severe in the number of starts and stops per hour, in continuity of service, in lack of intelligent handling, and in the initial temperature of the surrounding atmosphere. It should be said, too, that the penalties of delay in the mill are much higher. If a car in a traction system is put out of service, it can, at the worst, wait and be taken to the car-barn by the following one, without causing essential money loss. But a steel works is unusual in being a manufacturing plant in which there is no reservoir: the material must pass through in an uninterrupted stream; for a delay at any point breaks up the process all along the line, resulting in the derangement of the entire system, much spoiled steel, and consequent loss.