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, .V-* I, Mr. S . 0 . Webber St a n d a r d O il Company 3lj2 6 Sp r in g Grove Avenue Cin cin n a t i* Ohio Pebru ary 25* 1955 Re* o f a p e e iflc gasolin e b e r 34, 19 52* I t was o u r I n t e n t io n a f t e r t a k in g h i s h is t o r y * t o a s c e r t a in i f p ossib le* th e s p e c ific agen t cau sin g h is d er m a titis and a t t em p t t o d - s e n s it ls e him i f we wer e a b le t o i s o la t e t h i s , a g e n t . , On Octob er lij,th h e was s k in t e s t e d b y exp o su r e o f sm all a t a s o f th e sk in on h is forearm t o t h r ee grad es o f g a s o lin e . These produced p o s it iv e r e a ct io n s wh ich rem ained s t r ic t ly lo c a lize d and gr a d u a lly cle a r ed up by October 26, 1932* P ou r o t h e r sm a ll s k in t e s t s wer e done b etween t h i s d ate an d October 28, 1952* a t which tim e a ge n er a l r e a ct io n s e t in wh ich was a t t r ib u t e d t o h is h y p e r s e n s it iv it y t o t h e g a s o lin e va p or s em ployed in t h e s k in t e s t s * and fu r t h e r skin t e s t s were d iscon tin u ed and have n ot been resumed to date. : -\ The g e n e r a l e r u p t io n fo llo w e d v e r y much t h e same cou rse as h is p r eviou s a t t a ck s * cle a r in g up fo r a tim e then growin g m orse in s p it e o f treatm en t end in th e absen ce o f a n y known e xp o s u r e . Due t o u n s a t is fa c t o r y co n d it io n s a t h is home* Mr. n H H H b &s s e n t t o t h e Deacon ess H o s p it a l . December 11t h , 19 3 2 wh ere t r e a t m e n t was co n t in u e d . He re-y m ain ed t h e r e *im p r o v in g s t @ a d ily u h t l l December 2h* 19 52 when he had ad van ced s u f f i c i e n t l y t h a t ' i t was f e l t s a fe fo r him t o go h ose fo r t h e h o lid a ys . Th is he d id and ve r y p r om p tly go t w o r s e . The secon d r e cr u d e s ce n ce con t in u ed w it h m in or im provem ents fo r t h r e e o r fo u r weeks * d u r in g wh ich p e r io d th e p atlen fe m a n ifested evid en ces o f s e n s it iz a t io n t o a v a r ie t y o f subs t a n ce s o t h e r th an g a s o lin e . Sin ce i t was f e l t t h a t t h ese m aterials were con trib u tin g to th e exten t of h is illn e s s * the p a t ie n t was a ga in s e n t in t o th e Deacon ess H o s p it a l where he r em ain ed u n t i l J a n u a r y 2 6 th * 19 55 d u r in g wh ich two weeks* p e r io d h is im provem ent was s t e a d y* an d h e was d is ch a r ge d p r a c t i c a l l y fr e e fr om sym ptom s. W it h in t w e n t y- fo u r h ou r s a f t e r h is r e t u r n home* he s u ffe r e d a n o t h er f l a r e up wh ich we a g a in a t t r ib u t e d t o e i t h e r in d is c r e t io n o r n e g lig e n ce in d i e t o r t o some fa c t o r in h is home en vir on m en t ou t Bid e o f ou r kn owled ge. Du r in g the p a st th ree weeks M r^ ||0 i has regu lated h is treatm en t and a c t i v i t i e s v e r y la r g e ly on t h e b p s i s o f h is own judgm ent th ou gh X u n d er st a n d fr om him he h a s h ad a s k in co n s u lt a n t who saw him w it h u s* t o see him on one o r two o cca s io n s . ~2~ * t.. I t i s otir o p in io n t h a t Mr* V B H B i p r e s e n t co n d it io n is in no way r e la t e d d ir e c t ly to ga s o lin e exp osu re h u t t h a t M s presen t d erm atitis is a r esu lt of h is h yp ersen sitive sta te wh loh a s i s w e ll known# may he a ggr e ga t e d b y a cu t e a t t a c k s o r b y ch an ce v a r ia t io n s in an in d ivid u a l from tim e t o time - D u efco t h u n fo r t u n a t e cir cu m st a n ces# we h a ve main-* ta in ed Hr* sa la r y up to and in clu d in g February 25th , 1935 e t Which tim e we u n d er st a n d h e i s t o be ca r ed f o r u n d er t h e Em ployees Mutual B e n e fit As s o c ia t io n w it h yo u r company# I f we can a id you b y fu r n is h in g you an y fu r t h e r l2'iV d e t a ile d in fo r m a t io n , we s h a ll be g la d t o do so* Tours ver y t r u ly . : `- i : \s=51i ' VH vMi WFMtIS K 0011320