[Apropos of a fatal case of poisoning by household aerosol].

The authors present a case of abusive use of nitrogen in aerosol. It produced an acute edema primarily toxic bringing a hypoxemia amidst the coronarian network already partially occluded. It is rapidly followed by a subendocardiac infarct of the myocardium with left ventricular failure.

[Asbestosis. Apropos of one case].

Having reported a very complete observation of a patient with asbestosis, as well as silicosis, hitherto undiscovered tuberculosis and a pleural mesothelioma, the authors sum up our present knowledge on the consequences of inhaling asbestos dust. Clinical signs are numerous, benign or malignant, the risks of pleural and broncho-pulmonary cancer being greater in people exposed to asbestos. Diagnosis rests mainly on professional anamnesis and on the presence of great quantities of asbestos bodies in the sputum.