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The Diseases of Occupations
by Donald Hunter
5th Edition, Copyright 1975
Hardcover, 1225 pages.

This is a large medical reference book from the 1970s.

This book has about 15 pages on asbestos and its illnesses, asbestosis and mesothelioma.  Here is an outline of this section:

History of Asbestos
Sources and Varieties
Uses
Mining
Work in Factories
Uses of Asbestos Goods
Asbestos in Fire Protection
Historical Summary
Thirty Cases in One London Factory
Symptoms
Physical Signs
Asbestos Bodies in the Sputum
Asbestos Bodies in the Lungs at Necropsy
Radiological Appearances
Pleural Plaques
Respiratory Function Tests
Prognosis
Pathology of Asbestosis
Incidence of Associated Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Association with Carcinoma of the Lung
Mesothelioma of the Pleura and Peritoneum
Exposure in Factory, Shipyard and Community
Symptoms and Signs of Mesothelioma
Morbid Anatomy of Mesothelioma
The Fate of Ingested Asbestos Fibre
Preventive Measures
Tipping of Asbestos Waste
The Asbestos Regulations, 1969

CONDITION:  This book comes in a cardboard slip-case.  The slip-case is torn along one edge (as pictured) and has some wear. Book is in good to very good condition with some wear and owner's stamp to endpaper and book edge.  Otherwise, pages are mostly clean and unmarked.
The Diseases of Occupations
1975
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