Cropped quotation from the 1958 emphysema article reading, in part, “While smoking has been implicated in the production of emphysema,” but stating that the authors doubted it was ever the sole or even a major factor in the loss of lung elasticity.
Cover of the November-December 1958 issue of Clinical Symposia, with the title in large black letters above an illustration of a thin seated man whose chest is overlaid with a diagram of the lungs and airways.
Scanned page from the 1958 emphysema article containing a paragraph that reads, in part, “While smoking has been implicated in the production of emphysema,” but states that the authors doubted it was ever the sole or even a major factor in the loss of lung elasticity.
Medical illustration of a thin seated male patient with emphysema leaning forward in a chair, labeled as a position often assumed by the patient in the office.
A 1958 Clinical Symposia issue on pulmonary emphysema acknowledged smoking had been “implicated,” then doubted it was ever the sole or even a major factor in loss of lung elasticity.
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