The Industrial Aspects of Cardiac Infarction

Article1 September 1950THE INDUSTRIAL ASPECTS OF CARDIAC INFARCTIONG. F. STRONG, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.R.C.P. (C)G. F. STRONG, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.R.C.P. (C)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-33-3-690 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThere has been a change in our concepts of the industrial aspects of cardiac infarction which finds a parallel in the development of the clinical concepts of that condition. The industrial aspects of infarction have shown the same tendency to the swing of the pendulum so frequently encountered in medical thinking in other fields.Following Herrick's first paper1in 1912 on the clinical features of sudden obstruction of the coronary arteries there was little general interest taken in this subject. After the next two papers2, 3he published in 1918 and 1919 the condition received a great deal of attention...Bibliography1. Herrick JB: Clinical features of sudden obstruction of the coronary arteries, J. A. M. A. 59: 2015, 1912. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Herrick JB: Concerning thrombosis of the coronary arteries, Tr. A. Am. Phys. 33: 408, 1918. Google Scholar3. Herrick JB: Thrombosis of the coronary arteries, J. A. M. A. 72: 387, 1919. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Herrick JB: On mistaking other diseases for acute coronary thrombosis, Ann. Int. Med. 11: 2079, 1938. LinkGoogle Scholar5. Willius FA: Certain medico-legal aspects of coronary thrombosis, Proc. Staff Meet. Mayo Clin. 17: 521, 1942. Google Scholar6. Blumgart HL: The relation of effort to attacks of acute myocardial infarction, J. A. M. A. 128: 775, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. Master AM: Relation of effort to acute attacks of myocardial infarction, J. A. M. A. 129: 90, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. Master AM: Trauma and heart disease, U. S. Dept. Labor Bull. 105: 206, 1949. Google Scholar9. WinternitzThomasLeCompte MCRMPM: The biology of arteriosclerosis, C. C. Thomas, Baltimore, 1938, p. 103. Google Scholar10. Wolff HG: Life stress and cardiovascular disorders, Circulation 1: 187, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. MasterDackFieldHorn AMSLEH: The diagnosis and treatment of acute coronary disease, J. A. M. A. 141: 887, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12. Boas EP: Trauma and heart disease, U. S. Dept. Labor Bull. 105: 199, 1949. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Vancouver, B. C.,*Presented before the Thirty-First Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Boston, April 17, 1950. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHerzschädigung durch stumpfe GewalteinwirkungDie Coronarerkrankungen. Coronarinsuffizienz, Angina pectoris und HerzinfarktTHE MEETING-PLACE FOR INDUSTRIAL HEALTH*DWIGHT O'HARA, F.A.C.P. 1 September 1950Volume 33, Issue 3Page: 690-699KeywordsCoronary arteriesInfarction ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1950 PDF downloadLoading ...