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FILE NAME Colonial Sugar Refinery CSR
DATE 1961 Mar 16
DOC CSR227
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter to Mr. Allan Manager Wittenoom Mines from Dr. McNulty RE his Lung Damage from Asbestos with
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The lung function and other tests carried out at the Chest
Hospital confirm that your lungs have suffered
to the inhalation of asbestos dust and that the
In face apart from what can be shown by Ray
damage attributable
damagiiess not severe
tests etc. your health
considered cannot be
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You will
that our experience of chest discase
appreciate indeed the caused by asbestos is limited and
various international experts
publishing articles on it do not seem to know much more
the value of any advice which I can give
Unfortunately
This with
lessens the numberS
few of
involved in a very few years I shall soon be an expert on the
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course and prognosis of the disease
There are a
salient points on
which I can enlighten you
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There is no immediate treatment
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Further exposure
that experienced
to asbestos or silica ~ during short inspection
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trips to the mill and mine
There is with the
no guarantee that your slight damage that you
hohlth will remain good although have suffered I would hope that
there will be no or insignificant deterioration
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Annual chest rays are advisable and with the passage of time a
more definite opinion can be given
I shall be visiting Wittenoom again after the Mobile Unit complet
August - Septembaenrd look forward to seeing you
In the
if you wish any further information please write
Kind regards
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Jim McNuMl cNulty Mt cNulty y
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