Abstract
Dust from mining and quarrying operations has plagued man’s respiratory system for thousands of years. Exposure to quartz dust has caused most of the trouble, because it may lead to incurable or even fatal silicosis. The American Public Health Service, Committee on Pneumoconiosis, defines silicosis as “A dust desease due to breathing air containing silica (crystalline SiO2), characterized anatomically by generalized fibrotic changes and the development of miliary nodulation in both lungs, and clinically by shortness of breath, decreased chest expansion during breathing, lessened capacity for work, absence of fever, increased susceptibility to tuberculosis (some or all of which symptoms may be present), and by characteristic X-Ray findings (Forbes, 1950)”.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Anonymous, 1965: Silicosis research. Engineering and Mining Journal, 166 (4), 98–99.
Anonymous, 1937: Silicosis and allied disorders; historical and industrial importance: The Medical Committee. Air Hygiene of America, Inc., 178 p.
Davil, G. C., E. M. Salmonson, and J. L. Earlywine, 1935: The Pneumoconioses of the Lungs (Silicosis); 1. Bibliography and Laws, Industrial Medicine, 2. Literature and Laws of 1934. Chicago Medical Press, 493 p.
Forbes, J. J., S. J. Davenport, and G. G. Morgis, 1950: Review of literature on dusts. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Bull. 478, 333 p.
Gardner, L. M., 1938: Reaction of the living body to different types of mineral dusts. Am. Inst. of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Techn. Publ. No. 929, pp. 1–15.
Gross, P., 1959: Silicosis: A critique of the present concept and a proposal for modification. Am. Medical Assoc. Archives of Industrial Health, 19, 426–430.
Heppleston, A. G., 1954: Pathogenesis of simple pneumokoniosis in coal workers. Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology, 67, 51–63.
Klosterkoetter, W., 1957: Tierexperimentelle Untersuchungen über das Reinigungsvermögen der Lunge. Archiv der Hygiene, 141, 258–274.
Lanza, A. J., 1963: The pneumoconioses. New York and London: Grune and Stratton, 154 F.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1973 Springer-Verlag Wien
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Winkler, E.M. (1973). Silicosis. In: Stone: Properties Durability in Man’s Environment. Applied Mineralogy / Technische Mineralogie, vol 4. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-4120-5_12
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-4120-5_12
Publisher Name: Springer, Vienna
Print ISBN: 978-3-7091-4122-9
Online ISBN: 978-3-7091-4120-5
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive