SULFUR DIOXIDE CHEMICAL PNEUMONIA; REPORT OF A CASE WITH RECOVERY FOLLOWING ACCIDENTAL EXPLOSION OF A REFRIGERATOR UNIT
Authors: Harold L. Goldburgh, Benjamin A. Gouley
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1943)

Case Reports1 February 1943SULFUR DIOXIDE CHEMICAL PNEUMONIA; REPORT OF A CASE WITH RECOVERY FOLLOWING ACCIDENTAL EXPLOSION OF A REFRIGERATOR UNITHAROLD L. GOLDBURGH, M.D., F.A.C.P., BENJAMIN A. GOULEY, M.D.HAROLD L. GOLDBURGH, M.D., F.A.C.P., BENJAMIN A. GOULEY, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-18-2-237 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt is apparent that with increasing industrialization man is surrounding himself with ever increasing health hazards. Of these, one of the most important is the inhalation of irritating gas. Physicians became aware of its effect on the bronchopulmonary system during the first World War when poison gas was employed as a weapon. Exposure has since become increasingly common in association with numerous chemical developments in industry. One of these is the use of sulfur dioxide in modern refrigeration. The toxic effects of this gas have been noted in recent reports dealing with occupational disability in the refrigerating and sulfur mining...Bibliography1. KEHOEMACHLEKITZMILLERLEBLANC RAWFKTJ: On effects of prolonged exposure to sulphur dioxide, Jr. Indust. Hyg., 1932, xiv, 159-173. Google Scholar2. SMITHNEEDLES FJRJ: Bronchiectasis, late effect of acute sulphur dioxide poisoning with report of a case, Trans. Am. Clin. and Climatol. Assoc., 1939, liii, 109-116. Google Scholar3. MARTINIDOSSOLACELENER TAD: Intoxicacion aguda por gas sofocante (anhidrido sulfuroso), Semana méd., 1940, i, 110-112. Google Scholar4. MCNALLY WD: Use of sulphur dioxide as refrigerant, Indust. Med., 1939, viii, 234-238. Google Scholar5. HAMILTON A: Industrial poisons in the United States, 1925, Macmillan and Co., New York, p. 324. Google Scholar6. WOOD FC: Poisoning by nitric oxide fumes, Arch. Int. Med., 1912, x, 478-504. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. HAGGARD HW: Action of irritant gases upon the respiratory tract, Jr. Indust. Hyg., 1924, v, 390-398. Google Scholar8. WINTERNITZ MC: Anatomical changes in the respiratory tract initiated by irritating gases, Mil. Surgeon, 1919, xliv, 476-493. Google Scholar9. PAPPENHEIMER AM: Discussion of the paper by Winternitz.15 Google Scholar10. COPLIN WM: Ibid.15 Google Scholar11. DELAFIELDPRUDDENWOOD FTMFC: Textbook of Pathology, 1919, Wm. Wood & Co., New York, p. 698. Google Scholar12. SCHUBERT : Ueber Nitrose-Vergiftungen, Ztschr. f. Med.-Beamte u. Krankh., 1911, xxiv, 557-568. Google Scholar13. LOESCKE : Beiträge zur Histologie und Pathogenese der Nitritvergiftungen, Beitr. z. path. Anat. u. z. allg. Path., 1910, xlix, 457-475. Google Scholar14. SAVELS A: Zur Kasuistik der Nitrosen-vergiftung durch Inhalation von Salpetrigersäure, Deutsch. med. Wchnschr., 1910, xxxvi, 1754-1756. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. WINTERNITZ MC: Chronic lesions of the respiratory tract, initiated by the inhalation of irritating gases, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1919, lxxiii, 689-691. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. CRAMER G: Die Lungenentzündung durch gasförmige Stickoxyde (nitrose Gas), Arch. f. Gewerbepath. u. Gewerbehyg., 1938, ix, 1-12. Google Scholar17. KENNON BR: Report of a case of injury to skin and eyes by liquid sulphur dioxide, Jr. Indust. Hyg., 1927, ix, 486-487. Google Scholar18. HUMPERDINCK K: Effects of chronic exposure to sulphur dioxide gas, Arch. f. Gewerbepath. u. Gewerbehyg., 1940, x, 4-18. Google Scholar19. DOWLING HF: Asthma following prolonged exposure to sulphur dioxide, Med. Ann. District of Columbia, 1937, vi, 299-300. Google Scholar20. ROMANOFF A: Sulphur dioxide poisoning as cause of asthma, Jr. Allergy, 1939, x, 166-169. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Received for publication August 6, 1941. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 February 1943Volume 18, Issue 2Page: 237-242KeywordsDisabilitiesInhalationPneumonia Issue Published: 1 February 1943 PDF downloadLoading ...