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Dr. William Edmund Cooke and the Naming of Asbestosis: How a 1924 Autopsy Created Medicine's Asbestos Reckoning
David Foster
May 11, 2026
William Edmund Cooke autopsied Nellie Kershaw (1924) and coined 'pulmonary asbestosis' (1927). History that established corporate notice of asbestos disease.
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