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A DISCUSSION arranged by the Department of Industrial Co-operation of Section F (Economic Science and Statistics) of the British Association on September 11 was devoted to the psycho-physiological requirements of modern factory equipment. Sir Henry Fowler presided, and two papers were presented. The first, by Dr. G. P. Crowden, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, dealt with the practical value of physiology to industry. Dr. Crowden referred to the gap which frequently exists between discoveries and knowledge acquired by experimental work in research laboratories and their application for the general comfort, efficiency and health of mankind. Physiology can, to a large extent, define the needs of man which are essential for the maintenance of normal healthy life, and the nature and mode of execution of industrial operations in relation to the capacity for and the efficient performance of muscular work by the human body is a physiological problem. The strain placed on the body when working under extreme conditions of temperature and humidity, the relation of hours of work and the rate of working to the production of normal or excessive fatigue, the intensity and arrangement of lighting which permits the eye to see with maximum efficiency and minimum strain, the effects of noise and vibration on the human body, are all matters falling within the scope of physiology. Equally, the applications of physiology in industry are concerned with the products of industry.
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Psycho-physiological Research in Industry. Nature 132, 684 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132684a0
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