The Studies of Lead Encephalopathy in Infants in Acta Paediatrica Japonica from 1931 to 1935 when the Ministerial Ordinance came into force (the first part)

HORIGUCHI Shun’ichi, TERAMOTO Keiko, NISHIO Hisahide, HAYASHI Chiyo

doi:10.11355/isljsl.90.138

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「児科雑誌」に発表された仮称所謂脳膜炎（鉛毒性脳症）に関する研究の足跡（10）　1931年から内務省令実施（1935年）まで（前編）
「ジカザッシ」ニハッピョウサレタカショウイワユルノウマクエン(エンドクセイノウショウ)ニカンスルケンキュウノアシアト(10)1931ネンカラナイムショウレイジッシ(1935ネン)マデ(ゼンペン)

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An infant disorder, so-called meningitis in infancy (SCMI), was firstly reported in the 28^th year of the Meiji era (1895) in Japan. Professor Ikutaro Hirai at the Kyoto University Department of Pediatrics clarified in the 12^th year of the Taisho era (1923) that SCMI was a chronic lead-poisoning disease caused by white lead contaminated in the mothers’ cosmetic powder. The special regulation of white lead was stipulated in the 5^th year of the Showa era (1930) and came into force in the 10^th year of the Showa era (1935). We traced the history of SCMI research using the publications in the pediatric medicine in 1931-1935.: we studied 132 SCMI articles which were published in Acta Paediatrica Japonica issued in this period. These articles were classified into seven groups, namely, reviews, statistical studies, case studies, clinical observations, laboratory findings, pathology and experimental study articles. In this study, we took up and discussed the review, statistics and case study articles.

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The Journal of Science of Labour

The Journal of Science of Labour 90 (4), 138-152, 2014

The Ohara Memorial Institute for Science of Labour

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