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FILE NAME: German Articles - Some with English Translation (GER) DATE: 1940 Sept DOC#: GER004 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Brief Information from the General Hospital Hamburg-Bergedorf on Asbestosis Summary and 13 July 1981'. D.M. Zitta German to English. Summary No, 37 GERMAN MEDICAL WEEKLY Friday, 13 September 1940 66th Year Brief Informations from the General Hospital in Hamburg-Bergedorf On Asbestosis by Prof. Albert Bohne The article by prof. Bohne is a summary of clinical^ findings obtained from his examinations of patients suffering from lun& disease due to inhalation of asbestos dust. 1. All pefson who work in asbestos plants become victims to some type of asbestosis regardless of the length of time of their employment, 2. The type and nature of the Illness must be assessed on the basis t of an individuals physical pre-dispositions. 3. It will remain impossible to ever tion of asbestos dust. 4. On examination, patients complain mainly of coughing with expecto ration, shortness of breath at the slightest exertion. 5. Examination of expectorated sputum showed asbestos bodies being present in even the smallest amount of the examined sputum, 6. The prognostic outlook for recovery of patients stricken with as bestosis remains critical, There are no remedies known that could halt the progression of asbestosis, 7. It is a well-known fact, that only the most severe cases are con- 2 sidered for w o r k m e n 's compensation. To this date, legislative bodies re frain from being specific as to what constitutes a sever case, ty , 8, It is very difficult to justify asbestosis on medical grounds/as C n A / c h -rib the principle contributing factor of the illness^ since it :is not ineluded- -fc? a pathological symptom in the overall evaluation of the patient's phy sical condition, 9. Medical diagnosis is, therefore, regarded as being insufficient in determining the degree of severity of asbestosis. Additional evidence is required from the supervisors who must assess the working conditions, the w o r k e r 's capacity to carry out his assigned work-load and determine his earning power on the basis of work out-put. 10.It would be well to drop the concept of severity and, instead, evaluate each case of asbestosis on the amount of work the stricken worker can handle and to consider his loss of earning power as his physical capacities diminish. NOTE: Throughout the article, there is no reference to the development of cancer. Article below has nothing to do with asbestosis.