<P> The first diagnosis of asbestosis was made in the UK in 1924 . Nellie Kershaw was employed at Turner Brothers Asbestos in Manchester , England from 1917 , spinning raw asbestos fibre into yarn . Her death in 1924 led to a formal inquest . Pathologist Dr William Edmund Cooke testified that his examination of the lungs indicated old scarring indicative of a previous , healed , tuberculosis infection , and extensive fibrosis , in which were visible `` particles of mineral matter ... of various shapes , but the large majority have sharp angles . '' Having compared these particles with samples of asbestos dust provided by Dr S.A. Henry , His Majesty 's Medical Inspector of Factories , Cooke concluded that they `` originated from asbestos and were , beyond a reasonable doubt , the primary cause of the fibrosis of the lungs and therefore of death '' . </P>
<P> The first diagnosis of asbestosis was made in the UK in 1924 . Nellie Kershaw was employed at Turner Brothers Asbestos in Manchester , England from 1917 , spinning raw asbestos fibre into yarn . Her death in 1924 led to a formal inquest . Pathologist Dr William Edmund Cooke testified that his examination of the lungs indicated old scarring indicative of a previous , healed , tuberculosis infection , and extensive fibrosis , in which were visible `` particles of mineral matter ... of various shapes , but the large majority have sharp angles . '' Having compared these particles with samples of asbestos dust provided by Dr S.A. Henry , His Majesty 's Medical Inspector of Factories , Cooke concluded that they `` originated from asbestos and were , beyond a reasonable doubt , the primary cause of the fibrosis of the lungs and therefore of death '' . </P>
when was asbestosis first recorded by medical authorities
when was asbestosis first recorded by medical authorities
1924
1924