Celebrating a Milestone in EOH: The Pioneering First Issue of theJournal of Industrial Hygiene, May 1919

A century of the Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health

“…20 The stature of occupational health as a discipline had benefited during the Second World War when it was recognized as being essential to the war effort, while its reputation as an academic entity had also risen thanks to the Archives. 3,8 The recognition, study and voluntary control of beryllium disease between the late 1940s and early 1950s, for example, illustrates significant achievement in the control of a workplace substance, although beryllium disease has remained a problem at a reduced level. 21 Similarly, there were major increases in science funding as well as rapid industrial growth, particularly spurred by Cold War defense spending.…”

From “Occupational” to “Industrial”: Issue 1 of theAMA Archives of Industrial Health, January 1955

“…Such influences were being keenly felt by the Editorial Board of the American Medical Association (AMA) Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Medicine (AMA-AIHOM), 1 which had been publishing a journal (albeit under a few different titles) for almost 40 years by this time. 9 In January 1955, the AMA-AIHOM journal was officially renamed and became the AMA Archives of Industrial Health (AMA-AIH), from Volume 11, Issue 1 onwards. 10 This change also featured a new journal cover and new format.…”

“…The first article, "Investigations on the metabolism of fluoride, Effect of acute renal tubular injury in urinary excretion of fluoride by the rabbit," was written by Frank A. Smith and colleagues from the University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry in New York. 30 Frank Ackroyd Smith (1919Smith ( -1994 had been a member of the Fluoride Laboratory at the Manhattan Project since 1941, whose task it had been to determine the fluoride content of urine samples among workers involved in the project. 31 When the Manhattan Project closed Smith turned his attention to water fluoridation in the mid-1950s, and this is evidenced by his article in the AMA-AIH.…”