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FILE NAME Eaton EAT DATE 1947 & 1951 DOC EAT004 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Journal Abstracts from Peer Reviewed Journal Or, ee oe a WN CLASSIFIED SUBJECT 77 1166 aette tee ree A | FELLOWSHIP NUMBER nfc FILE NUMBER 752 AUTHOR P. Luton J. Champei anxd Faure wanes TITLE A Case of pulmonary asbestosis with Its development followed by ew oy ray mortem study _ PA OXIG REFS and its VOL PP DATE Se ASSTR REFS ee VOL PP es < DATE 27 asbetoi Arch maladies - .. Bull Hyg 942 10-52 . profe6i 29-33 have 10-52 1951 to The case reported is havhae ve been the first one of asbestosis known to have occurred in France The man had been exposed to high con- and progressive ray find- centrations of asbestos for 11 years Symptoms PITSBURGH ings are described After death the lungs showed general thickening through- out especially of the plurae but with no localized nodules Many asbestos were seen isolated and in groups together with giant cells and min- bodies particles No evidence of tuberculosis was found The dust particles be could traced not only in the lung vessels but also in the vessels of the liver INST UE kidneys and spleen The action of asbestos is apparently mechanical rather from Bull chemical Cond -- td, Hyg MELON thanoan aici 2c he | aaa, ied y y mete Ss Gir nedalas tolna 20 ce RM77 . . DATE EXAMINEDI : BY: | 4.378 4.378 4.378 0 ISfUBJEoCT | PURPOSE Pe as PURPOSE OSNEARCHIBLANK ABSTRACT BLANK FOR GENERAL USE 396 WILKIE COA 11-24-98 . FELLNOWFSCHIP CONT'D CONT'D ree - . oe eet FILE NUMBER 37752 37752 37752 AUTHORI T P. Luton J. Champeix and P. Faure 1 of asbestos bodies in the sputum of The significance of the presence . PA ORIG REPS.I | | | bec.147 Archm asbestos workers VOL PP profess.8 56-58 DATE 1947 AUSTR REFS Ind Hyg Index YOL 1 FP 3-4 DATE bec.147 PITSBURGH malad These persons French photomicrographs 33 ref 7 photomicrographs _ ABSTRACTI The author's examined 176 who worked or had worked with asbestos They find that asbestos bodies appear somewhat early in the sputum of these workers sometimes after only 20 days from the time of exposure fibers may persist even after cessation of exposure but occur in almost all Workers exposed to asbestos dust whether they exhibit functional or radiographic evi- dence of asbestosis or not Brown or golden yellow bodies are seen in the , sputum along with uncolored fibers or spicules The presence of these bodies INST UE more or less scattered indicates that the subject has inhaled asbestos dust but it does not necessarily signify that asbestosis exists In other words the discovery of asbestos bodies in the sputum is only one in the ensemble of elements which permit such a diagnosis It is true that in the majority of cases where asbestosis is predicated by reason of the intensity of functional MEL ON manifestations and radiographic signs numerous asbestos bodies are noted 1 1 = - massed together and displaying a radiate formation As they are iden- tical to the clumps that are observed on histological examination of the \. | deceased . - 77 lungs of cases inthe alveoli ~- Ind Hyg Index FORM ~ EXAMINEDI FTR Ind.Hyg OF BEARCHI . ABSTRACT BLANK FOR GENERAL USE