The cotton dust papers : science, politics, and power in the "discovery" of byssinosis in the U.S. / by Charles Levenstein and Gregory F. DeLaurier, with Mary Lee Dunn.
- Levenstein, Charles.
- Date:
- [2002], ©2002
- Books
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Amityville, N.Y. : Baywood Pub. Co., [2002], ©2002.
Physical description
xi, 160 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Contents
By any other name: brown lung and the social recognition of disease -- "Kiss of death": banning the suction shuttle in Massachusetts -- textiles move South, 1920-1940 -- Cotton colic -- The Harvard Cotton Dust Project -- "We were running from it, really": workers' compensation and byssinosis, 1950-1968 -- Georgia and the "mysterious disease" of byssinosis -- Bouhuys' disease -- Brown lung and the dilemmas of a novice investigator, 1968-1969 -- Full circle: "Burlington's disease" -- Brown lung and the lessons for occupational health and saftey.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Location Status History of MedicineRW.6Open shelves
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- 0895032651