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M, Townsend Be Mott South Th ird st r e e t P h illip sb u r g, Kan sas Pear Doctor BeMottes We h ave your l e t t e r of August 1 st ad d r essed t o th e Et h yl Gasoil Corporation orin %w York. For a number of y e ar s we h ave In v e st igat e d eases of su spected In ju ry poison in g by both gaso lin e and ga so lin e s which con t ain tein raeth yl le a d , and e ar c accor d in gly very much in t e r e st e d in h ear in g more abou t your co se, . . We re sen din g you h erew ith a r e p r in t In which ar e d escr ib ed th e symptoms o f t e t r a e t h y l lead in t o xicat io n whleh may be of u se to you in In t e r p r e t in g th e fin d in gs on t h is e a se . From r ead in g the d e scr ip t io n of the c l i n i c a l p ict u r e which you h ave giv e n , X sh ou ld say t h at th ere I s every lik e lih o o d t h at your p at ie n t was su ffe r in g from ecu to gaso lin e in t o x ic a t io n * but I t would be n o li to have more in form ation on th e per iod between h ie co llap se and death b efor e giv in g m op in ion . Amounts o f load which are evolved in th e evap or at ion o f ga so lin e would n ot h su ffi c ie n t to produce an en ceph alopath y o f the type d escr ib ed In th e sh o r t time which ap p ar en t ly e lap se d between exposu r e and th e on set o f symptoms. As you w i l l n ote from th e d e sc r ip t io n s in th e r e p r in t , th ere I s a d e fin it e la t e n t period between exposure to t e t r ae t h y l lead and th e on set of symptoms. Very t r u ly you rs. WPii t i s cc Dr, Edgar Wliia r e i" F.TTa e f f i e '$"' 5 . K E 005 2 08 i