Thorax · 1963 · 20 citations · 34 references
MedicineInternal MedicinePathologyAllergyPulmonary Function TestingPulmonologyPulmonary Function AssessmentPulmonary InflammationPulmonary PathologyRespiratory DiseaseRespiratory MedicineFarmer's LungLung DiseasesLung Function TestingPulmonary Function CriteriaPulmonary Symptom AssessmentStraw Utilization
The inhalation of mouldy hay, grain, or straw produces in certain individuals the respiratory illness known as farmer's lung (Campbell, 1932; Fawcitt, 1938a and b). It is characterized by dyspnoea, fever, malaise, basal crepitations, and later diffuse reticulo-nodular chest radiographic shadowing, the acute and subacute phases de- scribed by Fuller (1953). Lung biopsies taken when this illness is subsiding show an acute granulomatous pneumonitis (
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