PULMONARY CALCIFICATION IN SMALLPOX HANDLERS LUNG PULMONARY

Smallpox handler's lung was first described by Morris Evans and Forema n in 1963. During the South Wales smallpox outbreak of 1962 several nu rses were noted to develop a ''flu-like'' illness following an exposur e to smallpox patients. The late development of pulmonary calcificatio n in one of these nurses, who is now 74 years old, is described.