Pulmonary berylliosis: report on a fatal case.

A fatal case of pulmonary berylliosis in a 59-year-old male is described. Three months after a heavy exposure to the dust of broken fluorescent light bulbs he developed severe respiratory distress with bilateral lower zone opacities on the chest radiograph. Histological examination of a lung biopsy revealed inflammatory changes with a granulomatous component and some necrosis.

Immobilization after primary dislocation of the shoulder.

A total of 226 patients with primary shoulder dislocation were followed up for 1 year, the primary object being to observe the effect of immobilization on the incidence of redislocation. The shoulders were immobilized in a mitella for 1 week in all the 127 patients older than 50 years of age, and in 53 of the patients under 50 years of age. The shoulders of the remaining 46 patients (under 50 years) were completely immobilized with a stockinette-Gilchrist bandage for a period of 3 weeks.