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DATE: 1943
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DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Book Excerpt from The Principles & Practice of Industrial Medicine - Asbestosis
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The Principles and Practice of
INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE
Edited by ProfeFssRorE, DPrevJe.ntAihv;eManPdLInEduRst,riaMl *MDed.icine
SEDICAL COLLEGE OP VIRGINIA
CONTRIBUTORS
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GDoeonraglde HE.. CCruomssming
Sarah I. Morris Kenneth Morse
CJohhanrlHes. FF.oEulnggeerl
Frank K. Moss C. M. Peterson
Augustus Gibson T. Lyle Hazlett
FD.. SF.. RRoosbseitretrson
Albert Hemming F. F. Heyroth
WLoiulliisamScAhw. aSratwzyer
Joanna Johnson R. T. Johnstone
Lorin A. Thompson Fred J. Wampler
George Zur Williams
A William Wood Book
B A L T IM O R E
THE WILLIAMS & WILKINS COMPANY 1948
Copyright, 1943 T he Williams & Wilkins Company Made in the United Stales of America
Published 1943
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372 PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE
VTI. OTHER PNEUMOCONIOSES
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Asbestosis iscIatuhsaesdbbeyemn wineultleparosbveesntotshfaitbearspienchualilaerdtbyypewoofrkleinrseainr pinudlmusotrniaersyuftiilbirzoinsigs faasbbreisctsosanfodrrtohpeesm, panaiunftasc,turoroefionfgf,irteiler,eseitsct.i,ngasmwaetlelriaasl,thinesmulaantiuofna,cctuerretaionf asbAessbtoesstoitsseislf.magnesium silicate and is the only silicate which has experi mtoensitlaicllay. been proven to produce a pulmonary fibrosis without exposure proTghreesosinnsgetsialincdoscislinaincdal tchoeurssyemopftoamsbsesitnostihseislastiemrilsatragtoestharaet iodfesnltoicwally. dFeactoalmtpeermnsiantiaotino,noirstuusbuearclluylobsyisc. omTphleicraotienngtgpenneoupmatohnoiltoisg,ycaisrdtiyop-ivcaaslcuanladr nthoattdtihffeicruolet ntotgednifofleorgeinctailataepfpreoamransicliecsosoifs.asbGelsotoysnies aanred rMeveeraelwedetthyepricstaalltye athseacgheanrearcatlerliasctikc o"fgtrroaunnslducgelnacssy"waipthpeaarfainnceep. inThehaedfmilmottslhinogu.ld Tahlwisayiss btaekceonmwpiatrhedthweisthamaefilemxpoofsaurneo. rmal patient and a film of a silicotic patient duTstheincdliuadginnogsissudffeicpieenndtspuerpioond aofdeexfipnoisteurhe,isrtooeryntgoefneoxlopgoiscuarleatpopeaasbraenstcoes, dspecurteuamsedofppualmtieonntasrynoctapyaectitrye,maonvdedthferofmindeixnpgosoufreastboestthoes bdoudsite.s iTnhtehsee aosfbcelsitnoicsablopdaiethsoalroegwye.ll dTehsecripbaetdhoalnodgyusmuaalylybilelussutrmatmedariinzemdoisnt ttehxet bsionogkles fsitbartoesmiseonft tthheatluintgcso.nsTishtseoffibaerpsemrsaisytebnet,speerongorensshiivseto,ldoigfifcuasleepxearmiailnvaetoiloanr tfoibelrieaepmpebaerdsdteodbien etnhcerufsibterdoubsywaanllsiroofn-aclovnetoaliinianngdyberlolonwchpioiglimaenndt. eaAchs would be expected, in the later stages the fibrosis becomes confluent and massive.
Siderosis ofSiirdoenr-ocsoisnitsaicnhiinegflydausret dfrpeiqgumeenntltyatifoonuonfdthien luhnegmtaististuee mduineetros.inhEaxlapteiorin mentally, fibrosis has not been produced by pure iron or iron oxide dust
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Anihracosis typBelsacokfpcigarmbeonntaptiaornticolefsthies lcuonmgsmdouneptaortiinchualalartliyoninofressmidoeknetsanodf olathrgeer iTnhdeursetriisalsocmitieesc.onMtroovsetrsmyacroknecderbnliancgketnhiengquiesstpioronduascetdo iwnhceothael rmoirnenrost. cclaursbiovne edxupsetroimf eitnsetalfl ecvanidepnrocedutcheatappuurlemcoanrabroynfdibursotsiws.ill Tprhoedruecies fniobrocsoins. aItreisdutheetoauatnhoadr'ms oixptiunrieonofthsialitcaaldl uinssttainncthese oinfhfaiblerodsaisirinoraannthirnafclaomticmlautongrys pfirbordousicsesdnuoe ctloinicreaslpfiinradtionrgys odrisdeisaasbei.l'itAy.nthracosis is asymptomatic and
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Chapter XXIII OCCUPATION AND TUBERCULOSIS
Sarah I. Morris, M.D. facTtuubrienrgcuplorosicsesiss. noWt,hpener esnec,oaunntienretrdinsinic inpdaurtstoryf,ththeeinddisuesatsreialexmhaibniuts noSdtrififcetrleyncsepeiankiitnsgb, aisnicthcohsaeraocctecruipstaitcisonthsaonnlwyh, ewnheicnhcoeuxnptoesreedthelesewwohrekreer. ttrouulynucsounaslidceorendtaacnt wocitchupthateiotnuablerdcisleeabsaec;iblluuts w"ihnenlinweoorkfedrsutayr,e"dcraanwnit bbye dInisdeuassetreyxfirsotsm, atnhdosloewgrwouagpessoofrthpelapnotpcuolnadtiitoinonwshfearveoradhiisgehasiencdiedveenlcoepmofetnhte, cthoennseqIunednucsetsr.y mHuoswtevasesru, mtheeitesxtsrheamree ocfhrroensipcoitnysiboiflittyhefodristehaeseualtnimd aittes liot nbgecaossmoecsiatiinocnrewasiitnhgliyndduisftfricyulptretsoendtetseormmianneyitfsacetoxrasctinrecloatmiomnoshnipthatot ivnadluuesstrayraencdotnosptalanctleythsehirfetisnpgonasnidbiltihtye fpoirctthuereefbfeecctosmoefsthkeadleiisdeoassceo. piTco. day, itsItmisosatddisiestaisnecotifvtehechmaarasscetesraisntdicistswephiidchemrieonlodgeircailt pshoengoramveenaailplruosbtrlaemte obfotthheinbeamsicplopyrimnceinptleasndofinthtehedigseenaseeraal npdopiutslaetipoind.emSioolmogeyuanrdeeresstsaenndtiinalg, tmheernetfoofrea, ptoraactpicroalpecor netvraollupartoiognraomf.its role in industry and for the develop
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF TUBERCULOSIS
hisTpuebreigrcruinloatsiiosniss farsomoldanatsiqmuietdyi,caalltehriisntograynadnbdeihnagsaalctecroemdpbaynitehde madavnerosne fwaacltkosrsoofflhifies, saotctaiaclkeixnigsteanncye.ageItahnads baoptpheasreexdesi.n aIllt rhaacsesb, eloencatviaornisouasnldy kofnopwennaalsiansdtiitsuetaisoenos,f tshcehofoalms,ilyan, dtheplhaocemseoafnedmrapcloeys;moefncti;tiaensdanhderseludmitys,; ritascep,riomccaurypactiaouns,e.and other factors have at various times been considered greIat tiesrathdeisemasinegolfintgh,etpheeomploer,eofwtihdeesmpraesaseds,ththeedcisloeaseser;thaendmtahsesinpgooarnedr tthhee pecaonnieodmiccivsitlaiztuatsiotnheanhdig,haesr tchiveilmizaotritoanlithya. s Ppraoragdreosxsiecda,llyev, oiltuhtiaosn aicncotmhe dfaistaealsdeisheaassefo,laloswietda,pcpheaanrgsining afrlol mpriamniaticvuetepsepooprlaeds,ictaolltyheepsidloewm,icin,sriadpiiodulsy,
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