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The Medical History of South Africa: An Overview

“…In an investigation of this disease on the Witwatersrand gold mines, it has been alleged that before 1914 'doctors often compromised their medical standards to accommodate the economic needs of the industry', so that the medical profession was indifferent to such vital issues as mine ventilation as well as the poor housing conditions of miners that fostered contagious contact. 17 The asbestos industry has also attracted historical scrutiny. Along with asbestosis and lung cancer, the rare but fatal condition of mesothelioma was a dust disease threatening workers in the blue asbestos mines of the northern Cape and the Transvaal.…”