After Coal: Meanings of the Durham Miners' Gala

Coal miners' pneumoconiosis in four collieries in county Durham.

Clinical experience (Browne, Beck, and McCallum, 1949) and rising certification figures by the Pneumoconiosis Medical Board show that there is a pneumoconiosis problem amongst Durham coalminers. Moreover, a study of large films, taken following routine mass miniature radiography (M.M.R.) at eight Durham pits (McCallum, 1952), suggested that at least 3 to 6% of miners at these pits had well mark...

Pneumoconiosis of coal miners in north east England with special reference to the Durham coalfield.

Pneumoconiosis in coal miners.

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Hyperinflation of the lungs in coal miners.

The residual volume and total lung capacity of 1,455 working Pennsylvania coal miners were determined as part of a larger epidemiological study. The age of the subjects varied between 18 and 65 with a mean of 48-7 years. The total lung capacity of the subjects was determined from standard posteroanterior and lateral chest films while the forced vital capacity was determined by spirometry (O'She...

Lung cancer in coal-miners.

In a study of coal-miners suffering from lung cancer two features of special interest are recorded. The difficulties in diagnosis are illustrated by case reports. The two-year survival rate after surgical removal of the tumour is significantly better in coal-miners than in non-miners. After operation 87% of coal-miners were alive two years later, compared with only 36% of other patients operate...