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FILE NAME: Norfolk & Southern - WC Case - Ancel Wheeler (NS) DATE: 1951 Aug 18 DOC#: NS036 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Physician Report ru7 ot r'a ;i rwt.wT lsw is-Gale Hospital R O A N O X S 13. V IR G IN IA ALLUN a A flH S n . M. O. C . O. Sr-1 !T H , to. D. EAX1S1. L . CGM SnTY. J S .. M August l8 , 1951 D r . W . R . Wh i t m a n , C h i e f S u r g e o n , N o r f o l k &. W-e s t e r n R a i l w a y , R o' a n o k e , V i r g i n i a . D e a r D r . Wh i t m a n , Re : Amcil Wheeler M &. V Railway T he c h e s t f i l m s of the a b o v e i n d i v i d u a l made 6 b y D r s . April 1 CONSIST Ma h r e r , K r a u s e and L u b e r t of C l e v e l a n d , Oh i o , dated , 19511 were sent to you OF S T E R E O S C O P I C FA F I L M S by r e g is t e r e d m a i l . T hese OF THE C H E S T AND A 3?L A 1H PA ANO R I G H T L A T E R A L F I L M AND, C 0 NS I D E R I N G THE P A T I E N T ' S O B E S I T Y , ARE TECHNICALLY EXCELLENT F IL M S . T here is moderate pleu ra l r e act io n in the base OF TH.E R I G H T LUNG WHI CH O B L I T E R A T E S THE R I G H T C O S T O P H R E N I C A N G L E , P R O D U C I N G SOME H A Z I N E S S OF THE MARGI N OF THE R I G HT DI APHRAGM AND E X T E N D S UP THE L A T E RA L CHEST WALL TO ABOUT THE F I F T H R I B IN THE MID A X I L L A R Y L I N E . T H E BASE OF THE R I G H T LUNG I S MODERATELY HA Z Y R E S U L T I N G IN A SOMEWHAT n G R O U N O - G L A S S A P P E A R A N C E AND THERE A P P E A R S TO BE A MODERATE AMOUNT OF F I N E I N T E R S T I T I A L F I B R O S I S . R A D I A T I N G FROM THE R I G H T HI L U M I N T O THE R I G H T B A S E BE COMI NG MORE PRONOUNCED AS THE BASE I S A P P R O A C H E D . SOMEWHAT S I M I L A R F I N D I N G S ARE P R E S E N T I N THE B A S E OF THE L E F T LUNG B.UT TO A MUCH L E S S DE G R E E THAN ON T HE R I G H T AND T H E R E I S NO P L E U R A L R E A C T I O N ON THE L E F T . T he p l e u r a l r e a c t i o n , ,!t h e g r o u n d - g l a s s " a p p e a r a n c i AND THE I N T E R S T I T I A L F i a R O S t S IN THE B A S E OF THE R I GHT L U N G , TOGET) WI T H A H I S T O R Y OF E X P O S U R E TO A S B g S T O S DU S T - ^ E R A P E R I O D OF S I X Y E A R S , ARE FI N D IN G S COMPATIBLE WITH A S B E S T O S I S . FOR Y O U . Ma n y t h a n k s f o r l e t t i n g m e r e v i e w t h e s e f i l m s S incerely, All Eh' 'Ba K. M