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1 here. He was over in England, and that article Page 223 2 reference was made to it over here in the American 3 Journal of Medicine in 1928. 4 Lung cancer was discussed in the medical 5 literature in 1935 in textbooks, and in 1942 it was in 6 textbooks, and by 1949 it was firmly established that 7 asbestos caused lung cancer and asbestosis. 1949. 8 That is a year before Mr. Vandergucht is 9 plastering. That is not it. That is not it, ladies 10 and gentlemen. 11 Mesothelioma was identified in '43, reported 12 in the literature at various intervals. It wasn't 13 quite the amount of evidence of asbestosis, but it was 14 in the literature in the '40s. 15 In '47 mesothelioma was discussed in the 16 Massachusetts Journal, General Hospital, New England 17 Journal of Medicine. And by '53, it had been reported 18 as a disease in asbestos workers. 19 That is what we call state of the art, 20 ladies and gentlemen. And by 1935, 1935, ladies and 21 gentlemen, well over 100 articles about the hazards of