PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - A. Meiklejohn TI - The Origin of the Term Anthracosis AID - 10.1136/oem.16.4.324 DP - 1959 Oct 01 TA - British Journal of Industrial Medicine PG - 324--325 VI - 16 IP - 4 4099 - http://oem.bmj.com/content/16/4/324.short 4100 - http://oem.bmj.com/content/16/4/324.full SO - Br J Ind Med1959 Oct 01; 16 AB - Dust diseases of the lungs are classified generically as the pneumoconioses. There are several varieties, of which anthracosis was the first to be named specifically. The original article, in which the name anthracosis was coined, is reprinted prefaced by a biographical note on its author.