2 results for “Reaction Department”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1948
Morbidity and Mortality in Talc Granuloma: Report of a Fatal Case
This 1948 article reported one fatal case of talc granuloma, a reaction to talcum powder used on surgical gloves and rubber drains. The patient, a woman, was first operated on in December 1942, at age 36…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1946
The effect of asbestos, and of asbestos and aluminium, on the lungs of rabbits
…body reaction in the lungs. Long fibres produced nodules that the authors compared with the experimental silicotic nodule. Short fibres produced widespread thickening of the alveolar walls. Aluminium increased and prolonged the foreign-body reaction and…