Rheumatism in Cotton Operatives

Epidemiological Studies of Chronic Respiratory Disease among Cotton Operatives **

I never met Professor Winslow, yet I was well acquainted with his work and had admired his outstanding contribution to public health long before Dr. Payne honored me with an invitation to give this Lecture. My first acquaintance was through his studies of industrial pulmonary disease' which he undertook with Leonard Greenburg over forty years ago. This exemplified Winslow the scientist, making ...

Medical Research Council: Investigations on Respiratory Dust Disease in Operatives in the Cotton Industry

Ocular and nasal irritation in operatives in Lancashire cotton and synthetic fibre mills.

OBJECTIVES To document the prevalence of work related ocular (eyeWRI) and nasal (noseWRI) irritation in workers in spinning mills of cotton and synthetic textile fibres and to relate the prevalence of symptoms to atopy, byssinotic symptoms, work history, and measured dust concentrations in the personal breathing zone and work area. METHODS A cross sectional study of 1048 cotton workers and 40...

Rheumatism

IT is natural that a (lisease of the social and econiomic importance of rheumatism should ocCIpy a considerable place in medical literature. Nevertheless, until the last few nears, little of importanice has been adide(d to ourikniowle(dge of this crippling group of dliseases. Significant advances in treatmenit, a closer stu(dy of the composition of synovial fluii(d and(l of the factors wvhich i...

Member Value in Co-operatives

Until today there is a research gap considering the question, what motivates a member to enter or leave a co-op, resp. what are the reasons to stay in a co-operative. The majority of studies about this topic mainly focus on economic factors and the rational behavior of the member. However, co-ops also have other purposes not associated with financial goals. The presented paper is proposing a ne...