1700 | Ramazzini [6] | Refers to respiratory symptoms in grain workers, but without characteristics that would indicate an HP-like condition (asthma more likely) |
1879 | Greenhow [66] | Lung pathology in a shell worker, but more consistent with pneumoconiosis than nacre HP |
1895 | Renon [37] | Pigeon handler's disease first associated with mould, but caused by active infection, not a hypersensitivity response |
1932 | Campbell [8] | Initial HP clinical series reported on farmer's lung |
1932 | Towey et al. [11] | HP reported due to spore-forming bacteria in bark (maple bark stripping in railroad tie manufacturing) |
1941 | Jamison and Hopkins [13] | Initial report of bagassosis, outbreak related to a new manufacturing process |
1955 | Cancella [16] | Suberosis, HP in cork workers, reported |
1958 | Dickie and Rankin [21] | Initial pathologic descriptive term “poorly formed granuloma” as a hallmark of HP |
1963 | Pepys et al. [22] | Actinomycetes identified as causal in farmer's lung |
1965 | Reed et al. [25] | Initial clinical report of pigeon breeder's HP |
1970 | Banaszak et al. [47] | HP related to air coolers and air conditioners described |
1976 | Charles et al. [52] | Isocyanate-caused HP initially reported |
1980 | Murao et al. [48] | Summer-type HP initially described in Japan |
1986 | Jacobs et al. [50] | Hot-tub HP first reported |
1989 | Silver et al. [72] | CT use with radiological and pathological descriptions of HP |
1995 | Bernstein et al. [53] | Metal cooling fluid-caused HP identified |