...Food and lifestyle habits play a major role in the development of cancer. (1) History of the search for carcinogens In 1775, British surgeon Percival Pott (1714-88) reported that chimney sweeps were prone to scrotal cancer, and suggested that this was due to their long-term exposure to soot. This was the first clear statement regarding the presence of carcinogenic factors in the environment and the existence of occupational cancer. From [Occupational Cancer]...Cancer that occurs as a result of carcinogenic factors in the work environment during occupational work is called occupational cancer. The first occupational cancer discovered and described in the world was scrotum cancer caused by soot in chimney sweeps (by British Percival Pott (1775)). In Japan, the first case of lung cancer in gas furnace workers was reported by Kuroda Shizuka and Kawabata Koretatsu (1936). From [Occupational Disease]...It contains detailed descriptions of diseases caused by the work environment of over 50 occupations, including miners, gilders, chemists, potters, blacksmiths, pharmacists, dyers, oil makers, stones, weavers, farmers, and fishermen. In 1775, British surgeon Percival Pott (1714-1788) discovered that scrotal cancer, an occupational disease of chimney sweeps, was caused by soot. The poor boys who worked as chimney sweeps in modern England were, so to speak, the first occupational cancer patients. *Some of the terminology that mentions "Pott, P." is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…食物や生活習慣が癌の発生に大きなかかわりをもっている。(1)癌原物質探求の歴史 イギリスの外科医ポットPercival Pott(1714‐88)は1775年に煙突掃除人に陰囊癌が多いこと,それは陰囊が長い間すすにさらされているためではないか,と記載した。これは,環境中に癌原因子が存在することと,職業癌の存在に関する最初の明確な記載であった。… 【職業癌】より…職業労働に従事して,その作業環境にある発癌要因によって発生する癌を職業癌という。世界で最初に発見され記載された職業癌は,煙突掃除夫のばい(煤)煙による陰囊癌である(イギリスのポットPercival Pott(1775)による)。日本では黒田静,川畑是辰によるガス炉工の肺癌が最初である(1936)。… 【職業病】より…そこには鉱夫,鍍金屋,化学者,陶器師,鍛冶屋,薬剤師,染物屋,油製造人,石屋,織物工,農民,漁夫など50余の職種について,その労働環境に起因する疾病が詳細に記述されている。また75年イギリスの外科医ポットPercival Pott(1714‐88)は煙突掃除人の職業病といえる陰囊癌がすす(煤)に原因があることをつきとめた。近代イギリスで煙突掃除に従事していた貧民の少年たちは,いわば職業癌患者第1号といえる。… ※「Pott,P.」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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