Biography
Sibte Hasan Zaidi, Indian pathologist and toxicologist (Jarwal Village, Uttar Pradesh State 15 April 1918 – New York 05 April 2008)
Established the pathogenesis and etiology of progressive massive fibrosis of the coal workers
Showed the role of small amounts of free silica in the pathogenesis of pneumoconiosis
Demonstrated the requirement of a mucus barrier in the prevention of peptic ulcer disease (1957)
With S. Nityanand developed rodent models of atherosclerotic heart disease and experimental myocardial infarction (1963)
