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''{HE KATISA:S', CITY TIMES , K City :ansas, Missouri Jul'Y 3r 1'962 , ' :' .. r- The doctbr's smoking habits OPINIDN ON RDUTE were m~alpipe-andJcigar man:. F~E SIiIFTED'~~ In have smokedEas many ciga ia carton n,. rettes as are ui dontt inhale-maybe acci- ~ j~j~ Defanse Witness Concedes dentally a couple of times." : ti,~, ~~Snme Coultl Reach Anea Opmion Is the Same. ' s Cancer. I. David Hardy, for' ef Plsmtiff Phillip Morris followed with a 4l1.1RY SEES PHDTDGRAPHS~ redtrect-examnatton m which he got the witness to testify that v~„ f. : r . .. . sy ~ he had not changed his opinion ~avnyer Contends That Con- that the area ob Ross!s cancer A hct Durtng Inhalation was closedloff during,breathing. Clerf said that only a small Gould Cause Disease Dr . . tl amount of time during the,nor- ersistent cross;examN mal rate of respiration would lY Under p ttation, a defense witness ada smnke be in the area. mitted yesterday afternoon that The case is being tried in the cR of Judge i t Di t cau c s r an small amount of cigazette . S. -amoke might have crome in con ; f'nyd R! Gibsan tact with the area where,caneer was foundlin the throat of John T. Ross. The witness;, Dr. Louis Cl'erf of St. Petersburg, Flal, ani authority on otolaryngology; :;.made the concession, during, questioning by Lyman Field„ attorney for Ross in a damage suit against the Phillip Morris company: Two Discuss Meehanics: K, Pleld explbred with Dr. Clerd' pipe and cigar smoker-4he Intricacies of'eigarette smoking. Z; The lawyer pointed out that a • amoker who inhales first drawss . the smoke into his mouth and . sI`~: tltem inhales the smoke. He contended that between the two steps there is nothing to ;: ~IcnepI the smokee oat ~ot~, t.he~ cav-~ ity, where Ross's eanrrr oc- eurred. in developing th'at, argument. Field showed the jury charts andl photographs of the tttroat, v-hich revealed that onlv a, itight ridge separates the backk of the tongue and the area that bccame eancerous: Stnoke Locatinn Considered. Dr. Clerf said he did not be-- 1':ve smoke in the mouth would ga into the back part' of the throat. When Field asked why, the physician respnnded'that he didn't see any reason why, it. shnuld. A'fter a han+mering, away by the attorney for the plaintiff;. Dr. Clerf finally agreed that a, small amount of smoke might C eoler thee area w•heree caneer' waa:Inond• _ _ THE KANSAS LITY'TIMES, "`Kansas City, Missouri July 4; 1962 SMOKING DEFENDED ~ °`~ Ogura explained wat while smoking a P~n!does not tnltale di.-ectly but draws the amoke into the, mouth before g IN CANCER CHiARGE`mh a h antill tb< a h ~ , appea St. Louis Doctor Maintains His~ ~A ~~stmoke, inst stays W, Stand That' Cause Liu tbe roooth. Elsewhere. Dr: Ogura teahfied thaC he didn't suspect smoking of caus- 'MEDICAL CASES CITED ing either the typF of cancer under discussion or cancer of ::the larynx;,although he admitted Witness in Suit fon Damages- it' came in eontact' with 1 inhaled Tells of His Patients ~eigarette smoke. : and Research. , lnthe cross-examination Field _ asked: A professor of i otolaryngology "Q--Da you i smoke? A-Yes. at Washington university, SL :Q-Do you inale' ~Imuis. testifying'yesterday after- ~ A-Nc, I smoke but' I don't -noon for the defense in a dam- ~ inhale. I. do not smoke ciga- age suit agains0 the Philip Mor. ;'rettes- ris eampaoy, refused to be! Q--nbat do yon tabsle! ahaken from his stand that cig-'i A=-Oh, IL tohale motor fames. arette smoke coultl not eause ~~eld said that wasn't what cancer. he meant and Dr. Ogura said Dr. Joseph Ogura, called'as a he was a p,ipe-smoker., witness for the defendant; John : X Rays Are Recalled. T. Ross, refused to concede the ` Dr. Ogura said he bad taken a point under qytestioning by;,series of X-ray photographs of Lyman Field, attorney for the persons smoking and'that those plaintiff., pictures, substantiate his belief Lawyer Establishes Positioa.: ~ that the smoke never comes in David' Hardy, representing contact with the area of the :Philip Morris, began examina- throat'where Ross svffere4'can- tion of Drti Ogura by qualLrying; cer. - him as an expert in the jury, trial before Judge,Floyd R! Gib- Fon in U. S. District cotut. Dr. Ogura said he is trainmg: :I,etp medical students at the ~ of them smoked. Field -asked him what' pcreen-. tage of victims of cancer of the same type as Ross's were smnk- eis. Dr.,Ogura said 9D per cent :university: He said he has per. Q-Donit you think that is a formed about 2,000 major head sitmificant pereentageO and neck' operations and I has A-No, I don't: , done mure than IOO cancer op I In the redirect examimatioe, by th platnt the ~~azgorve'Hardy asked Dr: Oguna what The witness saidithat he harGorrcentage of those cancer sic- done fie.d' rese-ch on grant.-2tims were nondrinkers:. Dr:. provided by the National Insti=0gura answered that only 2 per tutes of Health and the Amer-cent were nondrinkers and said lean Cancer society„ and that' he he didn't' think that figure was has spoken on throat cancer 16rpnc: usive either. times this year in various parts Fietd attempted to get Dr of,the United States and ICanada,oguna to use an anatomical' Ifardy askcd hir:if tlNerr had ,zrfi but the doctor said' hr dee~e an tncreaae in Rnss': t;7p, prefrrrel not to use it because o[ cancer in the last seve il it w: s irmccurate. •years. He said there had bern: Field asked,Dr. Ogura wheth, no Increase: er Hardy had coached him Q-Does the area where Ihr ahout the use of the chart„andi cancer was have any function in at one time during that ques- breathing". tioning, Field, Hardy and, the A-None whatsoever. witness were on, their feet ob- t--If'a person smokes, woidN..lecting to one another. Thc smoke get into lthis area ? I crnss:cxamination ended lon thai. A-tt would' nnA -nutburst, and the trial was re eessed until 9:30 o*clock tomorv ' row morning. • Ross; 62, of'a901 West Ninctc- serenth street terrace. Over- land Park, is asking t?SO.Ir.x't i damages from the tnbaeco com•' pany. 3;*