Isselbacher, Klaus and Hardy, Asbestosis and Bronchogenic Carcinoma (1953)

A 12-page article from The American Journal of Medicine, November 1953, by Drs. Kurt J. Isselbacher, Hanna Klaus and Harriet L. Hardy of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, subtitled "Report of One Autopsied Case and Review of the Available Literature." It described a 41-year-old asbestos mill worker who died of lung cancer with asbestosis, and collected 20 autopsied cases from the literature, among them pipe insulators and pipe coverers. Its conclusions included: "Asbestos is associated with bronchogenic carcinoma in 13.8 per cent of the cases cited in the literature."

What it shows

The authors estimated that "about 10,000 workers" were engaged in potentially hazardous asbestos manufacturing in the United States and wrote that "a higher incidence of bronchogenic carcinoma should be expected in this group." An addendum described a second patient, a contractor's helper who had cut and sawed asbestos board to insulate pipes, boilers and refrigerators. Johns-Manville's copy came to it through the Industrial Hygiene Foundation: Dr. Daniel Braun summarized the article for Hugh Jackson in his letter of December 6, 1956.

In Johns-Manville's index

Johns-Manville's legal department indexed the Motley 1,000 in 1984. Its index describes this document as follows:

Article entitled "Asbestosis and Bronchogenic Carcinoma," authored by Drs. K.J. Isselbacher, H. Klaus, and H.L. Hardy, published in the American Journal of Medicine, November 1953. Mentions a few cases of lung cancer in insulation workers.

Related documents

• Daniel C. Braun to Hugh M. Jackson on Lung Cancer Literature for the Asbestos Textile Institute (1956)
• Dr. Daniel C. Braun to Hugh M. Jackson on Lung Cancer in Asbestos Factory Workers (1957)
• Dr. Daniel C. Braun to H. M. Jackson Sending Lung Cancer Literature for the Asbestos Textile Industry (1956)

About this copy

This is document 94 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-000777 to CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-000788.