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dormant nshestoaindustry wall but the secontTattempt, wf
pbceslightlymnrethana cent succeeded hcvond j the wildest dij
its . backers. As result; thej asbestos '.coi'ild-.iipriiiduces lung ]
which had:;bccn forgotten sin
and \Pliriyjfi rst n recorded 'it' ar
tiine of Clirat, soon manife
again.;'.;";;-.;,L
Modern knowledge , of
datesfrointlieyenrl 900, vejjen
mortem examination was perfj Dr. H. Montague Morray. apf?
in London's 'Charing Cross. H< on die body of a thirty-three^" man who had worked for f<
,!hf,
rears in an asbestos-textile factory?
'patient, found'.to; have i been ;suffi
from severe pulmonanv.fihrosa^
is scarring of the. lungs,' had i beei last 'survivor of a [,group of ten
who were worlcing in the carding
of the factory- in 1 b36,,ahdsuv Murray found spicules of ashesfSrjy -
the hing rissuesat autopsv, he wavaU
to establish a< presumptive connet^og
between the manV occupation and %
disease that killed'him. A few yon ;
later.ary inspector in the Departmea ;
of Labiir at Caen; whose . name ' wa j Aiirihauit. reported the results ofwlia
was undoubtedlr >' thefirststudy'JjS
mortality; among: ashestis .workers..Ac .
coijingi I'Aunhault.ii whtise accoun j
appeared .in; the; B nllrtitidr VlmfeetSi \
du l'riwntl cl di' l'Hvg'u'Hc lndiutntlliL j
an. .asbestos*weaving mill i had bee1!
established i;in> ; l 890' t at Conde^sur.
Noireaiij in Calvailns,;. and during n
first!'.five..ivears .of ' operation,s.f.whtp j
there'..was noa rtificinl ven tilation ani;
the employees were heavily exposed_-t< i
;dt^-;[|ifiytm'ji:die^iiinms,-!!'fiftv::-of.'!t)tKi
diedi Moreover. the director nf the fa^
Itory;!; wbp jhad' previously owned'a ;Cbfr ti^lIjSiiijlllat.ftGonnevillej-'i-in- MancJjt!
hadifrecruiRd sevcnteenNworkersifrom;
hisjfprmcfjistaff' of .whom; sixteen .wer
iwt^Jout.'by*lw^
hot a physician, nintakenhii described
thalicosisr^liiT; pneumoconiosis iicommn?
among stonecutters. ` '
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! Unfortunately, neither. Murray nB
Auribault realized the importance -o
theirfindings.Te^tifvinghefnre.a <De;
partmental: .Committeeon Compensii:.
don .' for Industrial Diseases, in 1906
Murray; said;;!i``pne Hears, i-generall ;
spajaiig,'^^^
1
now taken to prevent the inhalation 6 .
'd'us^'and jithe'diaM:isVnot;'soJ;likely t .
McuyM'iKeretbfore/''and;,the'cc>nclud ;
irig recommendation "of Auribault's re
port; was1 simply,, that ' people unde.,
eighteen years of age should not be a]
lowed to work in dusty conditions. Be