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1 mesothelioma occurring in the Northwestern Cape Page 1730 2 Province of South Africa. 3 Interestingly, only about half of those were 4 people who actually did the milling and mining of 5 asbestos. Many of them were very briefly exposed to 6 asbestos. 7 Q Prior to 1960, were there case reports in 8 the medical and scientific literature with the disease 9 mesothelioma in cases associated with asbestos? 10 A There were, yes. 11 Q Have there been any in the United States 12 prior to 1960? 13 A There was one in the United States. I am 14 trying to think of the author. 15 Q Is that the Mallory article? 16 A Yes, Mallory, and one in Australia, and also 17 a couple of cases in Canada reported by Dr. Cartier; 18 but he did not specifically claim a relationship to 19 asbestos, although the people who developed the 20 mesotheliomas in -- not in British Columbia, it was in 21 Quebec, were people who had worked in the mines and