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THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE DEPARTMENT OF ANATOMY THE U N I V E R S I T Y OF N O R T H AT C H A P E L HILL 27515 CAROLINA fomarv E> , i?65 fr. lobert A. lehoe !Tniversi ty or S''ncinnati Beoartnent o ' ''''eventive vedi : :ne and Tn:str'.al Health The letter-'m Laboratorv /Oliere of 'ed'c'ne - Ideo Averne Cincinnati 1, Ihio Bear foctor ''ahce : Fhank y~u for y or letter of "'sbruarv 1 relative to tie effects of 'nhalinr gasoline a:mes. It tells re many th;ngs I wanted to '-mow and also raises nuestions. T have turned un in the literature some articles on the subject: Tolen and linvl (Am. J. ?s re'- 'airy, 120:7$7) -~i *e graphic descriptions of the hallu c;nat 'ons produced -'n two teen-age bovs; and lasson .Pediatr* cs 2?:2oO) renorte the addiction 'n,children, rater' s' Clin"'cal leurology describes both acute and chronic gasol-'ne not son'ng symptoms, and oermits *he distinction between th fis a n lead ooisonir.g, as you do. But what precisely in the Gasoline does ow? Has enough autopsy daoa accumulated to tracts of the bra'n which are affected? ..ha e.g., destruction of myelin, or tine neurons brands ,1 gasoline contain different additiv cause w-nst lesions co-Td provide a clue to r additive. ' .he damage to the U S and .r.dicate the center and fiber is the mechanism, of damage, .em.selves? If different , knowledge of wnich ones ative toxic it of the s Tro.o the no ;nt of vie'-r of or3'.'entire medicine, just how cennon is 'ction for gasol'i r>3 aurne5? Is ;t/ on Vr.0 J.r.c t 3(2s0 ? C5 i_t, oreval ent among o a r ticolar' age, sex, racea 1 , COiltural, or socio-economic TT1^''T-)9 h)rther references to .he subject, especially with regard to the neu rooatholopv, v-nld be ru :f welc'red.