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Hemorandum on Call Hade by Hr. dees on H r . at His residence, 100 Park "Drive, batons? Tuesday Afternoon, Between 2:00 and 3:00 ?.H., Auvust Ip, 19k0 Prior to Hr. Witterf3 Becoming Irrational and Hospitalized at Hn iv er si ty B o sc ita1 When I called, M r s .B H H B said that Hr. H ^ B B r n a d been talking "out of his head." She asked him if he v/ould see m e , ana ::hen he replied in the aff irm a tiv i t t o r took me no to his bedroom on the second floor. Hr. f|H||||[|B/as Med and appeared restless, tossing and turning in the bed. Hith bare].;' a word on ny part, he immediately started talking about the tank cleaning, rambling at some length about the fumes in the shower room when he took his bath Hriday evening. Throughout the rent fchres-quarters of an hour, I obtained the information from Hr. ' B H M W as included in a separate memorandum. Although he rambled considerably and did not follow particularly well any one train of thought, most of what he had to j m y a s relevant, with one exception; that is as follows. Mrs. returned to the room after about twenty or thirty minutes, and he asked, "Is it all right to eat?" H r s . replied, "Yes, you c a i ^ a t anything you want to, but it is n time to eat." Hr. 3a i ^ ^ " H e l l , I 'm not hungry; I 've ,`ust eatsiu"^Ai^this point, "r s . wh o was out of the range of " v . v^-3 'v' looked at m ^ n o i 0 ved her finger in a circular mot i o O y h e r head -- t h ^ m o t i o n often used to mean "nuts" or "screwy". Hhen Hrs. returned to the room, she said, "hope this fellow is not taTklns too far off." Hy primary purpose was to obtain information indicating whether or not there had been exposure and to obtain the number ana the names of the men involved in the work. .hen it was learned that the masks had been removed, no effort was made to obtain his reason for removing them, as it was considered unwise in view of his condition. It was impossiole to obtain accurate information on the names of the men who had been in the tank or even on the number, 'r. 'hitter thought that there were six but psrhans more. It was considered inadvisable to try to push him further on this point, as 'ir. 7,'ise, terminal Suoerintendent, was said to have the name oil list. ` "" He was quite concerned about his men, especially one whom he said had not been located. This man, whom he described as "trie one who always takes his bath in the boiler house," had not been located according to H r . Me apparently had checked with either Hr. .Wise or Dr. R i l m i ^ r 'Doth, over the week-end. Hr. wise advised later that afternoon that the man in question had been, located, and was under medical care. He had previously advised ?'r. "hitter of this, but apparently it had not registered. 0021149 Frs. said that she had talked "nth hr. benner that afternoon, and she seemed to be relieved as a result of that c o r v r satlon. boo: the :nenrion ox ur. novreii1s ueiepnone call -to our office, Trr. aid that he had suggested to o,r . ~o-.vell that he teieohon that thought hast hit him that morning, At that point broke in, before anv other comment mas ana saia, ... don't_ b_e_l_i___v_e i_ t_T-s a--nyt,t-h-i-n--g Ilke th a t I O i l - it's .hast a combination of the heat and everyth!Apy else." nen hrs, Iliad first eturn eel to the room. T ask sne thought tnat I was laving too Ion, , and she replied. "lh, ho," and further indicated that she thought It was quite all right for me to continue m y talk with hr. T wanted to he talked a few minutes on other subjects, ranging from penny banks to the v;eather, after which I departed. 0021150