An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis / or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners

by Archibald Makellar

AN INVESTIGATION
INTO THE NATURE OF
BLACK PHTHISIS;

OR

ULCERATION INDUCED BY CARBONACEOUS ACCUMULATION

IN

THE LUNGS OF COAL MINERS,

AND OTHER OPERATIVES.

BY

ARCHIBALD MAKELLAR, M.D., F.R.S.S.A.,

FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF EDINBURGH; MEMBER OF THE MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY, OF THE HARVEIAN SOCIETY, OF THE OBSTETRICAL SOCIETY, ETC. ETC., AND ONE OF THE PHYSICIANS TO THE NEW TOWN DISPENSARY OF EDINBURGH.

REPRINTED FROM THE MONTHLY JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE.
EDINBURGH:
SUTHERLAND & KNOX, 58 PRINCES STREET.
1846.
ANDREW JACK, PRINTER, EDINBURGH.