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Janu ary '27 1939 Dp; John F ra n c is S o r e l l i Siiti. P le a s a n t P ik e H am ilton, Ohio Dear Doctor B o ra lil - I h >letsd an exam lnation of your p a tie n t |t a t the re q u e s t o f th e in d u s tr i a l Commission o f Ohio. In my 'o p in io n h r;g ^ H H K h n s some d e g e n e ra tiv e p ro c e s s i n th e s p in a l O o r T m is h may o r nay n o t he th e r e s u l t o f le a d p o iso n in g . I have s t a t e d in my r e p o r t, t h a t I an not J u s tifie d in drawing any o th er conclusion as to th e o r ig in o f h i s d i s a b i l i t y , h u t X am a c t u a l l y q u ite doubtful as to the ro le of lead in sp in al cord degenera t i o n s . Be 'th a t a s i t may, I have recommended t h a t Mr. p he h o s p i t a l i s e d f o r a p e rio d _ o f two o r th r e e weeks " r n i g h c a lo ric and high, vitam in .in ta k e, in; th e hope and b e lie f thnt_.he w lll be co n sid erab ly improved, and th a t the su b seq u en t c o n tin u a tio n o f t h i s regim e may r e s u l t i n a considerable degree of recovery. ,, I have no a s s u ra n c e th a t my recommendations a s t o .Mr. treatm ent w ill be fo llo w e d , o r t h a t he w i l l "he c e n t back to me i f th e y are follow ed, fhe la tte r , of course, is of l i t t l e consequence', sin c e the only im portant th in g is th a t he be t r e a t e d . I ta k e t h i s means o f com m unicating my p o in t o f view to you, f o r w h atev er u se i t may be to you, s in o e I f e e l th a t t h i s man sh o u ld .have ev e ry o p p o rtu n ity f o r recovery th a t can be provided. In c id e n ta lly , should be very 'g r a te f u l to you i f you c o u ld g iv e feh th e g e n e ra l c l i n i c a l p ic tu r e shown by th e re c o rd s o f h is c a se a t th e tim e of h is original illness* C ordially yours. M ils R o b ert A, Kehoe, U., 0016521