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1 this case?
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2 A That is correct, to find out what kind of
3 tumor it was, if it was a tumor. And we in fact know
4 it was now.
5 And to see if I could recognize any evidence
6 of occupational exposure, could I see any asbestos
7 bodies, could I see any fibrous pleural plaques, et
8 cetera.
9 Q Now, if you were to take a lung tissue
10 specimen from, say, an average person, say, me, with
11 no history of any occupational exposure to asbestos,
12 how many specimens would you expect to have to take
13 and look under the microscope before you find even one
14 asbestos growth?
15 A I am, as I say, glad you asked that
16 question.
17 This is a slide from the autopsy of another
18 patient who died of something different. And in the
19 1980s, a man with a great deal of patience named
20 Roggli found that if you looked at 100 slides of lung
21 that looked like this, this size, that you will find