Meaning of potter's asthma | Babel Free

Definitions

emphysema of the lungs, once common among potters

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Examples

“A species of asthma is rather common in some parts of North Staffordshire , commonly styled " Potter's Asthma . " The symptoms are similar to those of moist asthma . The causes are referrible to the peculiar and unhealthy occupation”

“the people who worked there [the platemakers], he said, usually suffered from what is known as the potter's asthma.”

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