Hilton C. Lewinsohn to Raymond L. H. Murphy on Franzblau and Lilis's Criticism of the ATS Statement on Nonmalignant Asbestos Disease, with Attached Letters (1987)

A January 12, 1987 letter from Hilton C. Lewinsohn to Dr. Raymond Murphy gave his personal comments on a letter from Drs. Franzblau and Lilis criticizing the American Thoracic Society consensus statement on diagnosing nonmalignant asbestos-related disease. Attached were Murphy's December 31, 1986 cover note to committee members and the November 22, 1986 Franzblau and Lilis letter to Reuben Cherniack, editor of the American Review of Respiratory Disease.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-3: Letter, H. C. Lewinsohn (Union Carbide) to Dr. R. L. H. Murphy, Jan. 12, 1987, commenting on the Franzblau and Lilis letter about the ATS statement
• Page 4: Cover note, R. L. H. Murphy to Committee Members, Dec. 31, 1986, forwarding the letter from Dr. Cherniack; stamped received at Lewinsohn's office
• Pages 5-8: Letter, A. Franzblau and R. Lilis (Mount Sinai Medical Center) to Reuben Cherniack, M.D., Nov. 22, 1986, criticizing the consensus statement on diagnosis of nonmalignant asbestos-related disease, with references
• Page 9: No text captured; possibly a blank or unreadable page

People and organizations

From Hilton C. Lewinsohn, M.D. (signed the cover letter on Union Carbide Corporation letterhead; no title shown) to Dr. Raymond L. H. Murphy (Pulmonary Services, Inc., Boston).

• Hilton Cecil Lewinsohn (author)
• Raymond L. H. Murphy, Jr. (recipient)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Ad Hoc Committee of Scientific Assembly on Environmental and Occupational Health (named)
• American Review of Respiratory Disease (named)
• American Thoracic Society (named)
• Mount Sinai Hospital (named)
• Mount Sinai School of Medicine (named)
• National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine (named)
• Pulmonary Services, Inc (named)
• The Mount Sinai Medical Center (named)

About this copy

This is document UC-4351 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 9 pages. Production numbers UCC 009406 to A02178.