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Sumner Simpson to Dr. Leroy U. Gardner Asking His Comments on Dr. Shull's Asbestosis Article (1936)

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A one-page letter of December 22, 1936, from Sumner Simpson, president of Raybestos-Manhattan, to Dr. Leroy U. Gardner, director of the Saranac Laboratory, enclosing "the inclosed review by Dr. J. Rush Shull" (Shull's article "Asbestosis: A Roentgenologic Review of 71 Cases"). The copy had come from "one of our subscribers," George S. Fabel, president of the Southern Asbestos Company of Charlotte. "If there are any comments that you would like to make regarding this review, will be glad to have them."

Author
Sumner Simpson
Sent to
Dr. Leroy U. Gardner
Published by
Raybestos-Manhattan
Series
The Sumner Simpson Papers
Date
December 22, 1936
Number
Simpson no. 03110-03125
Library no.
ACL Doc 13481 · asbestosclaims.law/library/13481
Rights
Republished under fair use for research and historical study.

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What it shows

Simpson passed the article to Leroy Gardner at Fabel's request, a month after the asbestos companies had agreed to fund Gardner's dust experiments. Gardner answered in detail two days later (December 24, 1936).

In Johns-Manville's index

Johns-Manville's attorneys indexed the Sumner Simpson Papers. Their index describes this document as follows:

Transmittal letter for article by Dr. J. R. Shull: "Asbestosis: A Roentgenologic Review of 71 Cases".

About this copy

This is document 03110-03125 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.

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“Sumner Simpson to Dr. Leroy U. Gardner Asking His Comments on Dr. Shull's Asbestosis Article.” December 22, 1936. The Sumner Simpson Papers, Simpson no. 03110-03125. Raybestos-Manhattan. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 13481. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/13481.

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