Baritosis: a benign pneumoconiosis.

Baritosis: a benign pneumoconiosis.

Baritosis is one of the benign pneumoconioses in which inhaled particulate matter lies in the lungs for years without producing symptoms, abnormal physical signs, incapacity for work, interference with lung function, or liability to develop pulmonary or bronchial infections or other thoracic disease. Owing to the high radio-opacity of barium, the discrete shadows in the chest radiograph are ext...

Silicosis in barium miners.

Four men who mined barytes in Scotland and who developed pneumoconiosis are described. Three developed progressive massive fibrosis, from which two died; and one developed a nodular simple pneumoconiosis after leaving the industry. The radiological and pathological features of the men's lungs were those of silicosis and high proportions of quartz were found in two of them post mortem. The quart...

Graphite pneumoconiosis.

Experimental Pneumoconiosis

"general medical and paramedical readers." A book of this sort frequently emphasizes the interests of the authors. More useful perhaps would be the undertaking of some of the major psychiatric journals of annotated bibliographies of the yearly research in these areas where those who are interested, whether deeply or superficially, can select what they want. In the meantime until there are more ...

Pathology of nonasbestos pneumoconiosis (silicosis and mixed dust pneumoconiosis)

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