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data, presented in tublu l, ia based upon coiaploted observations and therefore differ a slightly from a preliminary roportC^)^ Introduction
of flno quartr into various organs of the guinea pig, rubblt, rat, nouse, cat, dog, chicken and even tadpolo eventually will produoo silicotic nodulos but at a different rate of development. Similar introduction of
asbestoa haa rosuited in a fibrouo reaction In the lung and, to a losscr extent, in the peritoneum but not ia other organa of the guinea pig, .'abbit, cat and trhito rat. In our experience tho lungs of tho dog and r.hit > mouao failed to respond with fibrosis although Sohuntor^^ hao reported such ohangos in a dog that lived in an asbestos
fabricating plc.tit. This variation in specios and in organ suacoptibility is yot to bo aocountcd for(^)j it lo presumed that in-thesusceptible
anlmala tho grtutor reaction of tho lung to aebeatoa, far exceeding tho
reaction of other organ tieeuoa, ia due principally to tho greater mobility
of tho lung.
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Pocullar ChamotorlntioB of Asbestos. Experience haa demonstrated that moot of the nen-fibroua particulate dust inhalad into tho lunge of man and animal lo 10 microna or leas in maximum dimension. Largor parti-- oleo apparently do not gain aoooso to tho lunge because of two roasonsi first, largo particles settle in air so rapidly that few remain ouopendod
3. Schuster, H.H.: Pulmonary Aeboatosis In a bog. J. Path, /fbact. 31t Part 2, 751, 1931.
4. Vorrrald, A.J.j Variatlono in Individual Cuooeptlblllty to Industrial Dusts Inhaled into tho Lungs. Am. Hev. Tubero. 62 ID, 13, 1950.
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