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LT. COMDR. LLOYD C. ROHRS, MC

AMA Arch Intern Med. 1957;100(1):44-49.

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Metal-fume fever is an acute industrial illness which follows the inhalation of finely dispersed particulate matter formed when certain metals are volatilized. The oxides of the following metals are capable of causing the disease: antimony, arsenic, cadmium, cobalt, copper, iron, lead, magnesium, manganese, mercury, nickel, tin, and zinc.^1-5 When zinc or one of its alloys is burned, melted, or heated in air to greater than 930 F, the oxide is formed as a fine dispersion of dry particles of about 1µ in size. The inhalation of these causes a common, transient, benign form of metal-fume fever. In the past this disease has been called "brass founder's ague," "zinc fever," "zinc chills," "Spelter's shakes," "glavo," and "metal shakes."^1,4 Industrial workers in recent years who perform bronzing, galvanizing, copper rolling, or welding of zinc or galvanized iron have experienced symptoms of this disease.¹

Symptomatology

During exposure to the fumes . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
U.S.N.

From the Medical Service, U. S. Naval Hospital, Oakland, Calif.

Footnotes
Recorded for publication Feb. 8, 1957.

The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private ones of the writer and are not to be construed as official or reflecting the view of the Navy Department or the Naval Service at large.

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