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FILE NAME Manville JMA
DATE 1949 Dec 30 DOC JMA367
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter RE Steel Industry Medical Conference
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Struman
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Bethlehem Bethlehem SteelCompany Steel Steel
Arthur J. Verwald H.D. Director
a
The Serance Laborstary
Sarne Lake Y.
o @
I have been asked to develop a program for the steel and
ustries section of the American Association of
heavy ind-
and Surgeons to be
Industrial Physicians
presented during the sowing annual meeting in April
This section and several others was formed this year in order to allow
net on Thursday morning April 7
It
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has
been
decided
that
the
initial
program
shto o beu thelnatd ure
of
symposium is
decided
pulmonary
diseases
since
this
soms
to
be
a
problem
which symposium pulmonary us all and for which we still need be problem
the calle I am particularly anxious to have a
feel that there is still
pathologist on our prugram for 1
a great deal of confusion in the minds of
tphhaynsicians as to the nature of the pulmonary reactions to dusts other
silica and particularly as to
significanes of these
in incts relation
the disbased
relation to pulmonary function in the normal as well as
to industry
lung This is of greatest importanov vo in the steel
we have a large numuar of exposurse which are
aredited with causing pulmonary disease or
periodically
as
tuberculosis
bronchitis
asthma
aggravating such brunchiectasis
conditions
disease Aside from the
and even heart
audico aspects of this problem there is
T an sure that from the foregoinu you will ave that we really
Se accept FOW invitaion Our PrOKTAR and I sincerely hope that really will need able
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julmonary tissues and their functions
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