RT Journal
A1 ANDERSON N
T1 MAnagement of common occupational skin diseases
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1949
FD April 2
VO 139
IS 14
SP 912
OP 917
DO 10.1001/jama.1949.02900310016005
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1949.02900310016005
AB The general practitioner in considering any patient with a cutaneous disorder of possible occupational nature has many problems to consider. In the first place there is the patient who generally comes to the physician as a private patient, i. e., not having been sent by either the employer or the insurance company. In such a case both the physician and the patient are primarily concerned with the problem of relief, i. e., that of treatment. This will be considered later. In addition to the relief of the patient, the physician should act (1) to prevent as far as possible aggravation or recurrence of the eruption, (2) to hold to a minimum the amount of time lost from work because of the cutaneous condition and (3) to prevent or minimize the occurrence of similar eruptions in other employees who may be similarly exposed.In the second place there is the employer