Document aq9kMmzELBDkgQmrvvzzX4pM
1 A Fleischer is relatively unknown.
Page 2180
2 Q Okay. Who is Philip Drinker?
3 A Philip Drinker was a professor of industrial
4 hygiene at Harvard School of Public Health, a well-
5 noted industrial hygienist who contributed to
6 occupational health.
7 Q Back in 1940s he was considered probably one
8 of the worldwide experts on lung disease and things
9 like that?
10 A He is not a pulmonary physician, he is an
11 industrial hygienist basically. And in the areas of
12 industrial hygiene and dust control is where he is
13 most noted.
14 Q Wasn't he the same guy who invented the iron
15 lung?
16 A It is a mechanic device. He is not a
17 physician.
18 Q He was recognized in those circles as an
19 authority, he was highly respected?
20 A He clearly was.
21 Q You spoke about it on direct examination,