Authors: WILLIAM D McNALLY
Publish Date: 1933/08/19
Volume: 101, Issue: 8, Pages: 584-587
Abstract
Henke and Lubarsch1 found reference to dust as a cause for disease of the lung as early as 1556 Ursinius in 1652 reported two forms of mountain sickness caused by the inhalation of dust The study of the presence of carbonaceous material within the lungs and its association with pulmonary disease progressed slowly but steadily from that time to the present The names of Ramazzini2 1717 Bubbe 1721 Leblanc 1795 and Johnstone 1799 are closely allied to the early history and development of pneumonoconiosis Pearson3 in 1813 applied the term anthracosis to lungs containing carbon particles The greatest advances in the diagnosis treatment and prevention of silicosis have been made in the last thirty years The first report with a microscopic demonstration of silica was made by Peacock4 in 1860 In his article wood cuts were used to demonstrate the presence of carbon and silica in
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