Dr. Paul Gross to Dr. Kenneth W. Smith on the Case of Edward Bullock of Toronto (1961)

A covering letter and a three-page memorandum of July 24, 1961, from Dr. Paul Gross, research pathologist at the Industrial Hygiene Foundation, to Dr. Kenneth W. Smith, J-M's medical director, on "Microscopic Findings in the Case of Edward Bullock, Toronto," based on one slide sent by J-M. Gross diagnosed "Sarcoidosis of lung with minimal asbestos bodies but no evidence of asbestosis," and listed six reasons why "this is not asbestosis," the last being the "paucity of asbestos bodies." The only other diagnosis he thought worth considering was berylliosis.

What it shows

In the letter Gross wrote, "I am always glad to see material of this type," and enclosed a letter from a Dr. Spain (not in the file), adding that "a good many of your cases would lend themselves admirably for this purpose." Together with the other reports in this set, it shows Smith sending slides and tissue from J-M cases in the United States and Canada to Gross through 1958 to 1964.