An eruption of silicosis.

An eruption of silicosis.

Although-or perhaps because-environmental health concerns affect every person on the planet, scientists often suffer a modern day Tower of Babel syndrome, using a diversity of terms in all different languages to describe the same ideas. So European, American, and international agencies have decided to collaborate on the development of a global multilingual environmental thesaurus to eliminate t...

An X-Ray Atlas of Silicosis

An Iodide Eruption

was swollen and the nose, cheeks, forehead and angles of the mouth were covered with large granulomatous masses exuding pus. The photograph which was taken the next day gives a fair idea of his appearance though the general oedema had subsided. There was no rash on the body and no constitutional disturbance and the sciatic pain had gone. In fact, instead of groaning on the bed, the patient scra...

Silicosis: a disease with an active present.

Silicosis, an interstitial lung disease caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica powder, despite being one of the oldest occupational diseases, continues being a cause of morbidity and mortality all over the world. The World Health Organisation and the International Labour Organisation (OMS/ILO), aware of the current problem, have designed the World Programme for the Elimination of Silico...

an unusual form of silicosis in a stone-cutter

silicon dioxide or silica is the earth’s most abundant mineral. the primary pulmonary illness attributable to silica exposure is silicosis, which is observed in three forms: classic, accelerated and acute. a case of silicosis is presented in this article who has been working in a stone-cutting plant. he had suffered from symptoms of silicosis one year after employment in this plant (acute form)...