Asbestosis (1927)

A thesis on asbestosis submitted to the University of Edinburgh in September 1927 by Ian Grieve, a general practitioner whose patients worked at a Leeds asbestos factory using crocidolite to make insulating mattresses for locomotives and steam pipes. It covers the factory's processes, dust and precautions, pathology, X-ray and clinical features, an autopsy and fifteen worker case histories. The author concluded that asbestos workers seldom survive five years without respiratory disease and urged adding the industry to the Schedule of Dangerous Occupations.