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A one-page letter of February 8, 1950, from Dr. Kenneth W. Smith, medical director of Canadian Johns-Manville at Asbestos, Quebec, to Dr. Arthur J. Vorwald of the Trudeau Foundation at Saranac Lake, sending an article by Dr. E. R. A. Merewether that had just appeared in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Smith wrote that he was "rather disappointed that Dr. Merewether's very definite conclusions do not agree with our operating experience," and said he could not agree with the mortality and tuberculosis figures. He asked Vorwald to comment, and wondered whether English factory processes were more hazardous than Quebec mining and milling or whether British standards for diagnosing asbestosis were different.
- Author
- Kenneth W. Smith
- Sent to
- Dr. Arthur Vorwald
- Published by
- Canadian Johns-Manville
- Series
- The Motley 1000
- Date
- February 8, 1950
- Numbers
- Bates CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-000360 – 000360; Motley 1000 no. 3
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 23894 · asbestosclaims.law/library/23894
- Rights
- Republished under fair use for research and historical study.
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Johns-Manville's legal department indexed the Motley 1,000 in 1984. Its index describes this document as follows:
Dr. K.W. Smith (Medical Director, Canadian J-M) letter to Dr. A.J. Vorwald (Director, Saranac Lab), 2/8/50, enclosing Dr. Merewether's article on asbestosis in English factories. Dr. Smith asks for Dr. Vorwald's comments on the article.
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This is document 3 of the Motley 1,000, from the set the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust's records facility certified as true copies, pages CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-000360 to CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-000360.
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Kenneth W. Smith. “Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to Dr. Arthur Vorwald on Dr. Merewether's Asbestosis Article.” February 8, 1950. The Motley 1000, Bates CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-000360 – 000360, Motley 1000 no. 3. Canadian Johns-Manville. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 23894. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/23894.
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