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A533S7G5IS PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT 0114-5 . ASUCST0S1S A. J. LA XZA. 1I.D. O****'**. lilt T**W CwtM> Atbestosis ij a pncymoeemovs caused hy (he inhala tion of aiiwsto' dun. It i bxtinet from ultratil m its patholojy and clinically. Whether atlotoiit wilt neiin distinct form of pulmonary dust tiiteate or trill prove to be of a type eonunen to a number o( dusts remains to be teen. So far, it it the only pneumoconiosis, ether than silicosis. that hai ftteirexl any considerable amount ot^tfTidy front patbele;tm, cliiiieiatu and industrial hygienists. XVbertaa ifliteaio has been recogniretf for many cen turies. aabestesis ia a newcomer. Asbestos (Canadian) it a hydrated huetiesturn liliatc conumin; no frre ailin but about 44 per cent of combined silica. 43 per cent magnesium. nearlr 13 per cent of water, and tneas of iron and nickel- While atlmtoa waa known to tlie aneienta. the fabricating of aslwstes on a large actle ia eomparatirely new; it received a tremendoua impetua from ha use'in connectica whit stnoruobiles and aa an mauiatmc material anti a heat rtimam for a great rartrty of mnrhanicai purposes. ' " "" "While Koflman * ailed attention is the pouible harmfolneis of aaliestot dust in I91S. it waa net until February 1927 (list asbesiesu was.-ifl to apeak, official!* recognised in this country by the filing pi a disability claim for workmen's compensation in 3!assachiisctti. Tlx claimant was a foreman m the weaviit; department of an asbestcu plant, and the eiatm was upheld by the Massachusetts Industrial Accident Beard. This wt twenty-seven years after the firs: fatal cat: waa reported ia England by Dr. Montague Murray. In 1910 and IrW M m 9*4 iNwtnif UWiMf 4 Muir* t lt LlMf-SilH if 4M MMHl AlW4M, Cf* J*** ii. ili* f<Ma.m |^ ajiT,. vU. :1 DtnAMii m Ui. Jbm Da<ik*i.vn to Pmf r s 11 32**' 2 Jf - aIlJl sr wix -2nJ ** 5 3- ** 1*"* "" is* HC- 5S5-s- S S 52 * -i-- s`*s Oii.ib r C ; r v;S ^ 01147 T 9. ii / e i i tr-!* < sw m .5 i --I5 r 01x48