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Sad '-"worke d/J-Oye ahs~'(1925.:,r'. 19353.; as. master.- workman in-'an asbestos -p 1ant/.;.. Or
ly/'a:;few'years'after ::h'aying.. been exposed;to dust, he -already :h'ad.- trouble./wit
SIris-respiratory. brgansis^n 1928 -he-was'-bent for.;2-.months .to aheaith resort; Several" times.-thereafter he. took-other rests at sanitariums,-although no"mypi-'cobacteria-:.tuberculosis were''found..-Due--to an increasingly,;-wor.sening./condit
<:^^he ' quit. his ;J oh 3 months 'prior ' t o his death. In the- hospitai'he^-showed'.signc
^-^bf'-a general' emaciation,/cyanosis and a catarrh which.was.-especially,noti-
:^.cibl-overithe ...lower'part- of'the . lungs. There were numerous asbestos-'cor-; -/
^p.uscles.\in:Jthe;. sputum-but ho mycobacteria- tuberculosis.iThe .erythrocyte, sedi
`^.mentation was -strongly accelerated .-.(57/95). . On the.deft/ above . the 9th rib e
*:chestnut'-sized; swelling; which was. grown together, with .the ...skin, - was found .ir
;dthe'- enterior ~raxillar -line. It'was removed and turned., out to .be. a-cancer'mete
*a-ffbasi-s.--Boentgenologically,/there were, signs of an^asbest'osis as well;.as; an
increase in-markings in the right upper stories (regions). According-to the/.
Evidence-at-^my disposal, there obviously was no diagnosis -of; a.'Q.ung cancer::
l^'Jintra-' vitam.dThe- patient -expired- of heart failure soon after-'the,excisionJbf
t^dthe ..metastasisd'Thei.lfindings of -.the postmortem examination . were.de scribed-'as
^^ff ollows'nbT-i'TheVlungs .were tightly grown'together with ;.the^chest wall;-;Thet'-
' Tdheart'was not ^enlarged,.";the./musculature of a brown-redd 1 sh.-color- -and-^of n -.-g
S dsomewhat:f1 a c'c id';c ons i stency...The left lung w a sfull-'of " b1 ood; a nd''fluid/--the
;V;"./lower;:-lobe - of' solid.;.(compact).- consistency- and of .slate 'colorUpon "removal,-: <=5} 'the right lungft ofeyin.the -area ;of-the middle lobe. Its tissue . looked.yellov
/3;;"red(iish:'andvcompletely^ deteriorated (decayed-)'and .was showing extended cavit
^and. node format ion.'. The upper^lobe-was-rich in blood'.'and fluid,, of firm:con-
ybistency.'. and/free ofyair .-.The -lower, lobe was of a slgUsh, -grey^reddish.cole
^/and fiha/consistencyiKIt'was' also free of .'air.-.The^micr.oscopicai^examinatio;
1>' of stfce* ' lSihgst:shpw;eJ.^typicalr cancer-.'.t-issue in theiright .middle - lobe^yrhe're as,
he.4 lower. lphe/:pr e~sen t ed..'-.all: `change s.^whi'ch. are cnbra ct er laJJu^-fogasbe st os i.`