Turning men into stone : a social and medical history of silicosis in Western Australia 1890-1970 /...
Turning men into stone : a social and medical history of silicosis in Western Australia 1890-1970 /...
Turning men into stone : a social and medical history of silicosis in Western Australia 1890-1970 / Criena Fitzgerald.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Carlisle, Western Australia Hesperian Press, 2016.
Call Numbers
H 2016/1113
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
vii, 244 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits, facsimilies ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
still image
cartographic image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
Carlisle, Western Australia Hesperian Press, 2016.
Place of Publication
Western Australia
Date Published
2016.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Australian
- Australian
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Summary
1960, WA physician Dr Bob Elphick remarked to his colleagues that the mining industry was turning men into stone. This evocative image aptly described the end-stage pathophysiological changes that occurred in the lungs of the states goldminers after exposure to silica dust. Until 1926 in WA, when X-ray technology became readily available and financ...
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Full title
Turning men into stone : a social and medical history of silicosis in Western Australia 1890-1970 / Criena Fitzgerald.
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Includes bibliographical references, endnotes (pages 196-229) and index.
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Date Copyright
©2016
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Call Numbers
H 2016/1113
Record Identifier
74VKVZxApMlM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVZxApMlM
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ISBN
9780859056359
DDC
616.244
MMS ID
991023974917702626
