Clinical aspects of acute and chronic poisoning by the common industrial solvents are stressed in this monograph. About 20 pages are devoted to the clinical symptoms and syndromes of poisoning by solvents in general and about 100 pages to individual solvents, for each of which is given its nonspecific and specific actions; the clinical course, diagnosis, prophylaxis and therapy of poisoning by the solvent; and a short bibliography, chiefly of European publications. The solvents covered are: aliphatic hydrocarbons; methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl and amyl alcohols; dioxane; aldehydes and ketones, especially acetone; ethers, especially diethylether; formates and acetates; dimethyl sulfate; fifteen common aliphatic chlorinated hydrocarbons; carbon disulfide; aromatic hydrocarbons, alcohols, esters, acids and chlorine compounds; cyclohexane and related hydrocarbons, and terpenes. The first part of the book acquaints the doctor with the names of solvents commonly used for: extracting fats and formulating protective coatings, rubber compounds and plastics, for heat