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Ju ly 25, 1958 Dr. Brieger P r o fe sso r of In d u strial M edicin e D epartm en t of P reven tive M edicin e The Je ffe r so n M ed ical C ollege of P h ilad elph ia 1025 Ja ln u t St r e e t P h ilad elph ia, P en n sylvan ia , D ear Briege r : I r e g r e t v e r y m u ch in d e e d t h at m y q u e st io n in g ox t h e r e fe r e n c e s in D r . R ob in so n 's p ap er h as d ist r e sse d you ., I can w ell u n d erstan d th e b a sis fo r y ou r se le c t io n , a s you p r e se n t it , an d I h ave no q u a r r e l w ith y ou r d e c isio n . A s I lo o k a t t h e p r o b le m b r o a d ly , o n t h e b a c k gr o u n d of- a g r e a t v a r i e t y o f fact s an d exp er ien ce, the lead m etab o lism in in fan cy an d e ar ly ch ildh ood se e m s se p ar ab le fro m th at of th e ad u lt on ly by sligh t d iffe r e n ce s. It w as th is poin t of view w h ich w as. r e sp o n sib le fo r m y fa ilu r e to r e co gn ize th at you h ad lim it e d t h e fie ld o f t h e d i s c u s s i o n so s t r i c t l y , .t i s t h is, sa m e p o in t of view-, piu s'-th e d e a r t h o f t im e , t h at h as b e e n r e sp o n sib le fo r m y fa ilu r e to p u b lish o u r fin d in gs o f r e c e n t y e a r s in t h e st u d y of- c h ild r e n . I am in d eed glad, th at I w r ote to you in st e ad of R ob in son , an d I h ope you w ill u n d er stan d m y co n ce r n w ith w h at se e m e d to m e d ien to b e h is fa ilu r e to tak e in to accou n t w hat i s know n. I r e co gn ize th at th is w as n ot,th e c a se . Sin cerely y ou rs, H AS ef R o b e r t A . Tie-hoe, M .x J: i