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Industrial Dust: Hygienic Significance, Measurement, and Control
by Philip Drinker & Theodore Hatch
2nd Edition
Copyright 1954, 1955 London printing
McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
Hardcover, 401 pages.

Asbestos References:

Description of Asbestosis - discusses length of fibers, duration of exposure, symptoms. Research by Lanza, Gardner, Wood & Gloyne, and Merewether are cited.

Description of Asbestosis Bodies
"While somewhat similar bodies can occur in the lungs of coal workers and even of normal persons, it is admitted that asbestosis bodies in sputum are characteristic of asbestosis."

Asbestosis and Lung Cancer
13.2% of British asbestosis cases (from autopsies) also showed carcinoma of the lungs or pleura.

Table: Fatal Cases of Silicosis and Asbestosis Investigated up to end of 1934 (Great Britain)
Table: Fatal Cases of Silicosis and Asbestosis Investigated up to end of 1947 (Great Britain)

Table: Number of Men in Dusty Trades in the United States (1933) -  number exposed from asbestos products

Asbestos Filters Discussed
Equipment with asbestos flocs applied to filters via the intake air

Chapter on Dust Respirators and Air Masks says that the filter medium can be wool-asbestos, cellulose-asbestos, in addition to other materials.


Condition: Acceptable. Ex-library book with library stamps & typical marks. Covers and spine have some wear and fraying. No dustjacket.  Aside from library marks, pages are in good, clean condition.

Industrial Dust
Drinker & Hatch (1955)
$299