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FILE NAME: Newspaper & Magazine Articles (NMA) DATE: 1937 DOC#: NMA106 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: NYT - Rochester Pushes Tests In Silicosis SRpOecCialHtoETSHTEENREWPUYSOHRKESTITMOEST. ESTS IN SILICOSIS Npge.w60York Times {1857-Citrrent file); Dec 5. 1937; ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1X51 - 2003) ROCHESTER POSHES TESTS IN SILICOSIS M edical School M echanism , B icycle E rgom eter, Is Used in S tu d y o f D isease RESEARCH ST IR S INTEREST L a w and Industry Look for R su lta in T e rm s o f E ffe c t on W orkm en's Com pensation ROSCoeHclEalStoTTEhRb,N Ni w. TXox.i,c TDiiieEc*.. 4.-- Tveersstistynoowf uRnodcehreswteary mataythedeUcindie wbeheathbeler- tthoe dceotuerrmtsinweillInevceonmtupaelnly swahtiiocnh sauiwtso' rpkreercihsealsy btheeenexdtiseanbtletdo, by silicosis. B y m eans o f a m echanism called th e b icycle ergom eter, the M edical Sch ool o f th e u n iversity is stu d yin g a disease to w h ich an estim ated m illion industrial w orkers are po tentially exposed. L aw yers and industrialists have turned eyes tow ard the research, w ith silicosis recen tly added to th e ,list o f com pen sable diseases under th e W o r k m e n 's C o m p e n s a t io n A c t . T h e ergom eter is p a rt of a system developed b y D r. W illiam S. M c Cann, P rofessor o f M edicine and physician -in-chief a t Stron g M em o rial H ospital, th a t show s how far silicosis h as developed in a patien t. M ounted on a h ea vy base, the bi cycle ergom eter has a brakin g m echanism com posed of a large copper d isk w h ich revolves betw een electro-m agnets. B y m eans of w eights on a graduated lever arm attach ed to the disk, the rider ped aling at a constant speed can be observed w orkin g a t differen t rates. E xp ired breath passes through a valve to a recording spirom eter. T h e in crease in expiration is g re a t est in those a fflicte d b y a dust dis ease, ph ysician s pointed out. D r. M cCann, au thority on pneu m onoconi os is, b elieves th a t S ta te com pensation law s should require objective tests to determ ine w hen actu a l d isab ility begins in th e dis eases resu ltin g from such m ineral dusts as sand, granite and asbestos. It requires m an y years from the tim e the disease can be recognized b y R oen tgen ra y until the tim e w h en the su fferer can no longer w o rk , the p h yisician pointed out. D r. M cC a n n is th e au th o r o f a ch ap ter on silicosis in a new tex t book published under the direction o f D r. R ussell B. Cecil of the Cor nell U n ive rsity M edical School. H is 4'e s e a r c h e s on t h e d is e a s e b e g a n seven years ago. A lead in g article on the u n iversity's m ethods w as published in the P e n n sylva n ia M ed ical Journal. Co-author w ith Dr. M cC ann w as D r. N olan D. K a lt- reider, also o f the fa cu lty. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.