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                                              Pages 1  to  209
                                              Exhibits See Index

                 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                      FOR THE DISTRICT OF OHIO

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           CHARLES SMITH,

                          Plaintiff,


                     VS.                         Civil  Action

                                                 No.  i:92CV507
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         N           DEPOSITION OF MATTHEW H.  TIANG, M.D.,  a
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         U) witness called on behalf of the  Plaintiff,  taken
     r  F- pursuant to the Federal Rules  of  Civil  Procedure,

         w, before Lisa A. Miller, Registered Professional

           Reporter and Notary Public in and   for the

           commonwealth of Massachusetts, at   Brigham & Women's

           Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, Massachusetts,

           on Monday, May 16, 1994, commencing  at  10:35  a.m.


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         z           Cleveland, Ohio 44115, for the Plaintiff.

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         <      United States Department of Justice

                Northern District of Ohio

         0           (by William J. Kopp, Esq., and

                     Maureen Murphy, Esq.),

                     1800 Bank One Center,

                     600 Superior Avenue, East,

                     Cleveland, Ohio 44114, for the Defendants.








                          DORIS 0. WONG ASSOCIATES

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              1                            I N D E X

              2  WITNESS:            DIRECT  CROSS  REDIRECT  RECROSS

              3  Matthew H. Liang, M.D.

              4       (By Mr. Mishkind)  4

              5

              6                         E X H I B I T S
                 EX.  NO.                                         PAGE
              7
                     1     An article  entitled "The
              8            Erythrocyte  Sedimentation   Rate,
                           Guidelines for Rational Use"           68
              9
                     2     An  article  entitled  "Cervical
            10             epidural abscess"                      68

            11       3     An article entitled "Update of
                           Spinal Epidural Abscess: 35 Cases
            12             and Review  of  the  Literature"       68

            13       4     An article entitled "Spinal
                           Epidural Abscess"                      68
            14
                     5     A document entitled "Experimental
            15             and clinical studies, Spinal
                           Epidural Abscess: A Ten-Year
            16             Perspective"                           68

            17       6     An  article  entitled  "Epidural
                           Spinal  Infection  in  Intravenous
            18             Drug Abusers"                          68

            19       7     An article  entitled  "Section  of
                           Orthopaedics, Short Paper,
            20             Nontuberculous  Infection  of  the
                           Spine"                                 68
            21
                     8     An article entitled "Erythrocyte
            22             Sedimentation Rate, From Folklore
                           to Facts"                              68
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            2 4




                                DORIS  0.  WONG  ASSOCIATES

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                                       E X H I B I T S
                 EX.  NO.                                        PAGE
             2
                     9     An article entitled  "Chapter  40,
             3             Laboratory Evaluation of
                           Inflammation"                         68
             4
                   10      An article entitled "The
             5             Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate;
                           Its Use and Usefulness in Primary
             6             Health Care"                          68

             7     11      A survey entitled "Bacterial
                           Spinal Epidural Abscess: Review