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Dictionary » W » Wool-sorters disease Wool-sorters diseasewool-sorter's disease --> pulmonary anthrax A form of anthrax acquired by inhalation of dust containing bacillus anthracis; there is an initial chill followed by pain in the back and legs, rapid respiration, dyspnea, cough, fever, rapid pulse, and extreme cardiovascular collapse. Synonym: anthrax pneumonia, ragpicker's disease, ragsorter's disease, rag-sorter's disease, wool-sorter's pneumonia, woolsorter's disease, wool-sorter's disease. ![]()
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Results from our forumThe Fiber Disease... nothing is visible to the naked eye - Fatigue and lowered resistance to disease develops over time - Localized muscle pains occur - Sharp, painful ... one a single tinted fiber, which was usually blue or red. Occasional wool fibers were also seen and these appeared as dark brown. In my opinion, ...
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Help with Biology questions.... oil to food as a part of your diet to lower the rish of atherosclerotic disease, you would use olive oil that was: A) liquid at room temperature ... and is in a more reactive form. E) Both B and D are true. 4) Why does a wool sweater shrink perminatley when you run it through the dryer. This is ...
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The Fiber Disease... "Background: "Anthrax" means coal in Greek, and the disease is named after the appearance of its cutaneous form. Anthrax is described ... of bacteria and disease. John Bell's work in inhalation anthrax led to wool disinfection processes and the term "wool sorter's disease." ...
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good stuff... in silence. But whether the symptoms constitute a frightening new disease suddenly surfacing across the nation, or a case of mass hysteria ... My expectation was that I was going to be telling them this is nylon or wool or cotton. But the opposite was true - I couldn't scrounge up a single ...
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Shame on you... Though there is a good rationale for using pimozide in this disease, the majority of the studies on pimozide in dermatology are uncontrolled ... In fact, the contents of such a box are hairs, scales of skin, bits of wool, and crusts. Prior to the use of pimozide the remission rate in this ...
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