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PubMed1987

Tragedy at Tunnel 13. The d'Autremont brothers and "The Edison of Crime Detection".

Train robbery was frequent in the United States from the late 1800s through the 1920s. On October 11, 1923, the southbound Southern Pacific Express was halted by three men at Tunnel 13 in southern Oregon just north of the California line. The railway mail car carrying +40,000 was then blown apart by an explosive charge, killing the clerk and rendering the money unobtainable. The men shot three other train crew members before escaping into the mountains. The investigation was headed by Chief Agent Dan O'Connell, who soon asked that California criminalist, Edward Heinrich, examine soiled overalls found nearby. Using primarily botanical evidence, Heinrich identified them as those of a woodsman, leading to the identification of three Oregon d'Autremont brothers as suspects. After an intensive manhunt, one was captured 3 years later in the Philippines and was tried and found guilty. The twins, captured in Ohio, then pleaded guilty. This crime, typical of those in which unforeseen events lead the perpetrators to panic and to murder, helped to establish criminology and particularly botanical studies as valid scientific disciplines. Its investigation and solution also remain models of scientific crime detection.

Crime↗
PubMed1987

Radiological evaluation of early pleural and pulmonary changes in light asbestos exposure.

In a case-control study of 209 workers from a local railway maintenance and repair workshop, pleuropulmonary lesions were studied on chest radiographs. All workers were known to have been exposed to asbestos fibers of all kinds for a long period of time, but the exposure was light. A "dose index" of every worker was calculated based upon the type of working process and cumulated time spent in the working process. We found a certain dose-effect relationship between asbestos exposure and pleural thickening.

Asbestosis↗
PubMed1987

[Epileptic studies in the Baikal-Amur Main Line zone].

A comprehensive examination has covered 75 epileptic patients. It has been established that there are no specific epileptogenic conditions in the studied region and that the development of cases of epilepsy in the region of the Baikal-Amur railway is due to the migration of patients. The development of epilepsy in children is largely related to perinatal factors.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1977

[The eye and traffic].

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Automobile Driver Examination↗