Correspondence between H. C. Lewinsohn (Union Carbide) and R. L. H. Murphy Jr. (Faulkner Hospital) on Standardization of Criteria for Diagnosis of Non-Malignant Asbestos Diseases (1985)

Four letters about a statement on standardizing criteria for diagnosing non-malignant asbestos-related diseases. Dr. Lewinsohn of Union Carbide returned minor corrections in red ink to Dr. Murphy on March 8, 1985. Dr. Murphy's March 4, 1985 letters sent the statement to Lewinsohn and to the presidents of the American College of Chest Physicians and the American Thoracic Society, proposing publication.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Letter, Lewinsohn (Union Carbide) to Murphy, March 8, 1985, returning minor corrections to the enclosed asbestos diagnostic criteria document
• Page 2: Letter, Murphy to Lewinsohn, March 4, 1985, enclosing the statement and noting submission to ACCP and ATS for review
• Page 3: Letter, Murphy to Dick D. Briggs Jr., President of ACCP, March 4, 1985, recommending publication of the committee report
• Page 4: Letter, Murphy to Clarence A. Guenter, President of ATS, March 4, 1985, recommending publication of the committee report

People and organizations

From Hilton C. Lewinsohn, M.D. (Assistant Corporate Medical Director, Union Carbide Corporation); Raymond L.H. Murphy, Jr., M.D. (Department of Medicine, Faulkner Hospital / Tufts University School of Medicine) to Raymond L. H. Murphy, Jr., M.D. (Faulkner Hospital, Department of Medicine); Hilton C. Lewinsohn, M.B., Ch.B., F.C.C.P. (Assistant Corporate Medical Director, Union Carbide Corporation); Dick D. Briggs, Jr., M.D. (President, American College of Chest Physicians); Clarence A. Guenter, M.D. (President, American Thoracic Society).

• Hilton Cecil Lewinsohn (author)
• Raymond L. H. Murphy, Jr. (author, recipient)
• Safety and Environmental Affairs Department (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• American College of Chest Physicians (named)
• American Review of Respiratory Disease (named)
• American Thoracic Society (named)
• Chest (journal) (named)
• The Faulkner Hospital (named)
• Tufts University School of Medicine (named)

About this copy

This is document UC-4239 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 4 pages. Production numbers UCC 010761 to UCC 010764.