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- "Public Safety: Asbestos, the Dangers and How to Avoid Them" (1976)A one-page British magazine article of May 1976 explaining a new voluntary warning label for asbestos products...
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- A Discourse Concerning the Incombustible Cloth (1685)Robert Plot's letter on "incombustible cloth," printed in the Royal Society's Philosophical Transactions in 16...
- Age of Asbestos on Vehicle Parts Ending, Automotive Industries (1979)A news item from the May 1979 issue of Automotive Industries reporting that Raybestos Friction Materials Compa...
- Albert E. Hutchinson, From the General President, The Asbestos Worker (August 1968)The August 1968 issue of The Asbestos Worker, the journal of the [insulators](/exposure/occupations/insulators...
- Arthur Vorwald, Thomas Durkan and Philip Pratt, "Experimental Studies of Asbestosis" (1951)A 43-page article from the January 1951 issue of the A.M.A. Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Me...
- Asbestos: Silk of the Mineral Kingdom (c. 1940)A reprint from the United Roofer, journal of the United Roofing Contractors' Association, of a popular account...
- Asbestos Magazine, "Asbestos for Heart Trouble" (1950)A short item in the March 1950 issue of [Asbestos](/library/lexicon/asbestos-magazine), the industry's trade m...
- Associated Press, "Disease Found in 25% of Small-Business Workers" (1975)A poor photocopy of a newspaper clipping of an Associated Press story of April 27, 1975, on a University of Wa...
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- Captain Ernest W. Brown, "Industrial Hygiene and the Navy in National Defense" (1941)A 14-page file with two items. First is a copy of a letter of January 11, 1941, from Paul V. McNutt, Federal S...
- Captain Ormond L. Cox, "Heat Insulation" (1936)An 18-page offprint of a paper by Captain Ormond L. Cox of the U.S. Navy, director of the U.S. Naval Engineeri...
- Collier's, "Dust Fights Dust" by Hannah Lees (1939)A popular article in Collier's magazine of June 3, 1939, by Hannah Lees, with illustrations by George de Zayas...
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- Daniel C. Braun and T. David Truan, An Epidemiological Study of Lung Cancer in Asbestos Miners (1958)A 20-page article in the June 1958 A.M.A. Archives of Industrial Health by Dr. Daniel C. Braun, medical direct...
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- E. C. Shuman of Owens-Illinois, Hydrous Calcium Silicate Heat Insulation (1952)An article from the April 1952 issue of The Petroleum Engineer by E. C. Shuman, director of research of the Ka...
- E. E. Keal, Asbestosis and Abdominal Neoplasms (1960)A six-page article by Dr. E. E. Keal in The Lancet of December 3, 1960, based on the records of the London Hos...
- E. L. Collis, Abstract of W. C. Hueper's "Environmental Lung Cancer" in the Bulletin of Hygiene (1951)Two pages from the British Bulletin of Hygiene for September 1951, with an abstract by E. L. Collis of W. C. H...
- E. R. A. Merewether, A Memorandum on Asbestosis, Part 1, in Tubercle (1933)The complete November 1933 issue of Tubercle, a British monthly journal on tuberculosis edited by Dr. S. Roodh...
- E. R. A. Merewether, A Memorandum on Asbestosis, Part 2, in Tubercle (1933)The complete December 1933 issue of Tubercle, carrying the second part of Dr. E. R. A. Merewether's "A Memoran...
- E. R. A. Merewether, A Memorandum on Asbestosis, Part 3, in Tubercle (1934)The complete January 1934 issue of Tubercle, carrying the last part of Dr. E. R. A. Merewether's "A Memorandum...
- E. R. A. Merewether, The Occurrence of Pulmonary Fibrosis and Other Pulmonary Affections in Asbestos Workers (1930)A reprint of Dr. E. R. A. Merewether's article in The Journal of Industrial Hygiene (vol. 12, May 1930), the m...
- E. R. A. Merewether, The Pneumokonioses: Developments, Doubts, Difficulties (1949)A paper read on June 15, 1949, at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Medical Association in Saskatoon by...
- E. R. Weidlein, Research at Mellon Institute during 1938-1939, in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (1939)A ten-page reprint from the News Edition of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, April 10, 1939: "Research at...
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- F. Homburger, "The Co-Incidence of Primary Carcinoma of the Lungs and Pulmonary Asbestosis" (1943)An 11-page article by Dr. F. Homburger of the pathology laboratory at Yale University School of Medicine, publ...
- F. W. Simson, Pulmonary Asbestosis in South Africa, British Medical Journal (1928)A complete issue of the British Medical Journal for May 26, 1928, kept for an article by Dr. F. W. Simson, pat...
- Fleischer, Viles, Gade and Drinker, "A Health Survey of Pipe Covering Operations in Constructing Naval Vessels" (1946)An eight-page article in the January 1946 Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology, known as the [Fleische...
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- G. W. H. Schepers, T. M. Durkan and A. B. Delahant, "Effect of Inhaled Commercial Hydrous Calcium Silicate Dust on Animal Tissues" (1955)A 13-page article by Dr. G. W. H. Schepers, T. M. Durkan and A. B. Delahant of the [Saranac Laboratory](/libra...
- George S. Fabel and John L. Spivak, Letters in the Philadelphia Record on the Southern Asbestos Company (1935)Pages from the Philadelphia Record of September 2, 1935, carrying an exchange of letters between George S. Fab...
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- H. C. Lewinsohn, Surveillance of High-Risk Groups Exposed to Asbestos in the United States (1979)An eight-page article by Dr. Hilton C. Lewinsohn of [Raybestos-Manhattan](/library/lexicon/raybestos-manhattan...
- H. E. Seiler, A Case of Pneumoconiosis, British Medical Journal (1928)A complete issue of the British Medical Journal for December 1, 1928, kept for a one-page report by Dr. H. E....
- Herbert B. Holleb and Alfred Angrist, "Bronchogenic Carcinoma in Association with Pulmonary Asbestosis" (1942)A nine-page article in the American Journal of Pathology (volume 18, 1942) by two pathologists at Queens Gener...
- Hilton C. Lewinsohn, Health Hazards of Asbestos: A Review of Recent Trends (1974)A review article by Dr. Hilton C. Lewinsohn, chief medical officer of [TBA Industrial Products Limited](/libra...
- Holleb and Angrist, "Bronchiogenic Carcinoma in Association with Pulmonary Asbestosis" (1942)A cover sheet and nine-page article from the Department of Pathology, Queens General Hospital, Jamaica, New Yo...
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- Industrial Hygiene Digest, June 1957, with an Abstract on Asbestosis among Danish Insulation Workers (1957)The June 1957 issue (vol. 21, no. 6) of the Industrial Hygiene Digest, the Industrial Hygiene Foundation's mon...
- Irving J. Selikoff, E. Cuyler Hammond and Jacob Churg, Asbestos Exposure, Smoking, and Neoplasia (1968)A seven-page article in the Journal of the American Medical Association of April 8, 1968, by Dr. Irving J. Sel...
- Irving J. Selikoff, Jacob Churg and E. Cuyler Hammond, "Asbestos Exposure and Neoplasia" (1964)A five-page article by Dr. Irving J. Selikoff, Dr. Jacob Churg and E. Cuyler Hammond, read before the American...
- Isselbacher, Klaus and Hardy, Asbestosis and Bronchogenic Carcinoma (1953)A 12-page article from The American Journal of Medicine, November 1953, by Drs. Kurt J. Isselbacher, Hanna Kla...
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- J. C. Wagner, C. A. Sleggs and Paul Marchand, Diffuse Pleural Mesothelioma and Asbestos Exposure in the North Western Cape Province (1960)A 12-page article in the British Journal of Industrial Medicine (1960) by J. C. Wagner and Paul Marchand of th...
- Journal of the American Medical Association, Asbestosis and Cancer of the Lung (1949)An unsigned editorial, "Asbestosis and Cancer of the Lung," from the Journal of the American Medical Associati...
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- Kaj Ahlman and Eero Siltanen, Exposure of Insulation Workers to Asbestos Dust (1971)A five-page article by Kaj Ahlman and Eero Siltanen of Finland's Institute of Occupational Health, from the He...
- Kenneth W. Smith, "Pulmonary Disability in Asbestos Workers" (1955)A six-page article by Dr. Kenneth W. Smith, medical director of Johns-Manville, published in the American Medi...
- Kenneth W. Smith and Hugh Jackson, "The Asbestos Industry: Certain Health Experiences Among Asbestos Workers" (1957)A paper by Dr. Kenneth W. Smith, J-M's medical director, and Hugh M. Jackson, manager of J-M's Industrial Heal...
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- Lewis J. Cralley, Dust Sampling Instruments and Dust Standards in the United States for Asbestos (1969)A three-page paper by Dr. Lewis J. Cralley of the U.S. Public Health Service, given at the International Confe...
- Lynch, McIver and Cain, Pulmonary Tumors in Mice Exposed to Asbestos Dust (1957)An article by Dr. Kenneth M. Lynch and two colleagues at the Medical College of South Carolina, from A.M.A. Ar...
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- M. J. Stewart and A. C. Haddow, Asbestosis Bodies in Lung Puncture Material and Sputum, Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology (1929)A complete issue of the Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology, the journal of the Pathological Society of Grea...
- M. Kummel, Medicolegal Aspects of Silicosis (1934)A reprint of "Medicolegal Aspects of Silicosis" by Dr. M. Kummel, a physician and member of the New Jersey bar...
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- New York Times, "Ford Health Pact Voids Strike Vote" (1946)A clipping from The New York Times of November 18, 1946, datelined Detroit. Local 600 of the United Automobile...
- New York Times, "Labor and Fiscal Policies Adopted by Manufacturers" (1946)A clipping from The New York Times of December 6, 1946, printing the texts of the National Association of Manu...
- Novelties in Ship Fittings (1899)A paper by Assistant Naval Constructor R. M. Watt, U.S.N., read at the seventh general meeting of the Society...
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- Origin of Massive Serpentine and Chrysotile-Asbestos, Black Lake–Thetford Area, Quebec (1917)R. P. D. Graham's geology paper, reprinted from the February-March 1917 issue of Economic Geology, set out to...
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- R. Belleau and E. A. Gaensler, Mesothelioma and Asbestosis (1968)A thirteen-page case report from the Thoracic Services of Boston University, published in the journal Respirat...
- Reitze, Nicholson, Holaday and Selikoff, Application of Sprayed Inorganic Fiber Containing Asbestos: Occupational Health Hazards (1972)A 14-page article from the American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal of March 1972 by William B. Reitze...
- Respiratory News Bulletin, Asbestos Exposure and Small Airways Disease (1976)A 1976 issue of the Respiratory News Bulletin, a British medical newsletter sponsored by Vitalograph Limited,...
- Retail Credit Company, Industry Report: Asbestos Mining and Manufacturing (1932)The August 1932 issue of Industry Report, published by the Retail Credit Company of Atlanta ("Published to Ass...
- Richard Doll, Mortality from Lung Cancer in Asbestos Workers (1955)Richard Doll's six-page article from the British Journal of Industrial Medicine (1955), from the Statistical R...
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- S. Roodhouse Gloyne, "Two Cases of Squamous Carcinoma of the Lung Occurring in Asbestosis" (1935)A short medical article by S. Roodhouse Gloyne, pathologist at the City of London Hospital for Diseases of the...
- S. Roodhouse Gloyne, The Presence of the Asbestos Fibre in the Lesions of Asbestos Workers (1929)The June 1929 issue of Tubercle, a British monthly journal on tuberculosis, kept whole in Raybestos-Manhattan'...
- Stoll, Bass and Angrist, "Asbestosis Associated with Bronchogenic Carcinoma" (1951)A four-page medical article from Queens General Hospital in New York, reprinted from the American Medical Asso...
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- The New York Times, "Dr. Gardner Dies; Silicosis Expert" (1946)A clipping of the New York Times obituary of Dr. [Leroy Upson Gardner](/library/lexicon/leroy-gardner), direct...
- The New York Times, "Jersey Suspends 'Survey' Official" (1956)A clipping from The New York Times of May 16, 1956, reporting from Trenton that C. George Krueger, 55, deputy...
- Theodore F. Hatch and Eugene P. Pendergrass, The Konicide Club (1932–1940): A Brief History (1977)A three-page historical note of 1977 by Theodore Hatch and Eugene Pendergrass, both former members, on the Kon...
- Thomas J. Weeks and Allan F. Burns, "Performance of Dust Respirators Against a Fibrous Dust" (1970)A four-page technical note by Thomas J. Weeks and Allan F. Burns of the Johns-Manville Research and Engineerin...
- Toronto Sun Articles on the Johns-Manville Toronto Plant, with Dr. Paul Kotin's Comments (1975)Two Toronto Sun articles of February 12, 1975, about Johns-Manville's asbestos plant in Scarborough, Toronto,...
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- United Press, "Conflict of Interest Figure Would Resign" (1956)A newspaper clipping of a United Press story from Trenton, May 1956. C. George Krueger, the suspended New Jers...
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- Vorwald, Durkan and Pratt, "Experimental Studies of Asbestosis" (1951)The published account of the [Saranac Laboratory](/library/lexicon/saranac-laboratory)'s asbestos dust experim...
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- W. E. Cooke, "Fibrosis of the Lungs Due to the Inhalation of Asbestos Dust" (1924)A short case report by Dr. W. E. Cooke, pathologist at the Wigan Infirmary in England, in the British Medical...
- W. E. Cooke, "Pulmonary Asbestosis," with Papers by Stuart McDonald and Sir Thomas Oliver (1927)Three papers on lung disease from asbestos, read at the British Medical Association's 1927 annual meeting in E...
- William T. Marr, "Asbestos Exposure During Naval Vessel Overhaul" (1964)A five-page article by William T. Marr of the Medical Department, [Long Beach Naval Shipyard](/exposure/indust...
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