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162 1 in an asbestos worker in Charleston, South Carolina. 2 And I think that article brought to the attention to 3 the medical world the possible connection, but X 4 wouldn't say that it established that connection by 5 any means, although I think warning flags started to 6 fly at that point. 7 By 1942 this relationship was being 8 mentioned in textbooks, textbook on occupational 9 cancer, to bfe specific. And I would say no later 10 than 1949, I would suspect that some people might put 11 it earlier, but I would say, to be conservative, no 12 later than 1945, I would say that it was generally 13 accepted in the medical profession that asbestosis 14 was connected with cancer. 15 Q What was the significance of 1949? 16 A Well, 1949 was the date, first of all, of a study by 17 a Or. Merevether on cancer and asbestos disease, and 18 as a result of that study an editorial was written in 19 the journal of the American Hedical Association, 20 which was one of the most widely circulated medical 21 journals in this country. And that editorial set out 22 the relationship then, on the basis of the Merawether 23 study, accepted the relationship between asbestos and 24 cancer. 25 Q Did the medical literature that you reviewed also SPM2123