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1 Q Does it indicate whether or not he had
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2 pain?
3 A At the time Dr. Heyman examined him, he has
4 a note here and he says he has no abdominal pain.
5 Q That is what a mesothelioma would be in the
6 abdomen, wouldn't it?
7 A That is correct.
8 Q That is back in December of 1980. 9 Now, you had mentioned something to the jury
10 and I wrote it down, you were treating him and you
11 said February 1981, and it was a lot of fluid buildup
12 back then, wasn't there?
13 A The patient had just been tapped of all of
14 the fluid three days or four days before this letter
15 was dictated by Dr. Heyman.
16 Q Would you read Dr. Heyman's February 18th, 17 1981, the first paragraph for the jury?
18 A He has a feeling of tightness, but no
19 pain. He has noted a little knot in the umbilical
20 area.
21 He has noted no shortness of breath or pedal