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HUiSM E. ALSXANOER.M.O-.F. A.c.s. J.N.<5AR0NER.M,Q. Dr s . Al exa nder a nd Ga r dn er 010-018 Go o d h u e Bu il d in g Beaumont ,Texas A u gu st 3 1 , 1939 B r . R. A, Eeh oe,. U n iversity of Cin cin n ati, College of Kedicin e, C in cin n ati, Oh io. Dsar Br . Reh oe; - Se v e r a l months ago I h ad t h e p le a su r e o f m eet in g you in Bat on Rouge when we w er e o v e r t h e r e t o t e s t i f y in r e g a r d to lead poison in g in con n ection w ith Eth yl gaso lin e * We h ave j u s t h ad t h i s q u e s t i o n come u p a n d I w o u ld l i k e t o know w h eth er or n ot you t h in k i t i s p o ssi b l e f o r t h e t h i n g w h ich i s c l a i m e d t o h av e h a p p e n e d . A man w as w e l d i n g some c l i p s on some colu m n s o u t i n t h e op en t o some beams w h ic h h a d b e e n p a i n t e d w i t h r e d l e a d . He d e v e l o p e d cr am p s in h is abdomen, d ia r r h e a , and b lood y st o o ls fo llow ed by a 1 c o r o n a r y o c c l u s i o n . I t i s now c la im e d t h a t h e w as s u f f e r i n g fr o m a c u t e l e a d p o i s o n i n g . Do y ou t h i n k i t i s p o s s i b l e f o r him to h ave go t t e n en ough fum es from t h e le a d t o h ave c au se d h im t o h a v e l e a d p o i s o n i n g ? I f y o u do t h i n k so do you t h i n k t h at the; le ad p oison in g m igh t have been a cau se of th e coron ary occlu sion ? How I may b e a s k i n g t o o much o f you t o a n sw e r t h e s e q u e s t i o n s fo r me. I t i s p u r e ly a m at t e r o f p e r so n al i n t e r e s t an d i f you had r at h er n ot r e p ly to them i t i s p e r fe c t ly a l r ig h t . I en close a s e l f ad d r e sse d stam ped en velop e fo r your r e p ly and an yt h in g you do i n t h e m a t t e r w i l l b e g r e a t l y a p p r e c i a t e d . Thanking you, I beg to rem ain USA:m3 Sin cer ely you rs, DRS. ALEXANDER AHD GARDNER LI * Hi/gfc E . A l e x a n d e r , II. D.