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. Recently I ha-re b eat asked to pass: judgment on a suppose case of lead poisoning andUfcr* Bobsarfe Richardson bf Ifedison* Conn*, has suggested th a t I cormnmlcate. with you: regarding certa.i^ f a c ts ,
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; r ' This man had: a severe anemia in Novaniber, 1936, a hemoglogin
of 37 % and a red count of 1,712,000* There was so much stip p lin g in the
red c e lls th at the examiner suggested the p o ssib ility of a toxic agent as
the cause of the anemia, the weakness'and the servers cramp-like pains which
the man experienced* I assume" that, th e p atien t had plenty of liv e r and
iron, but th is was denied by h is physician, a f te r which the basophilic
aggregation was 1*9.
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The sto o l examination by the A gricultural Experiment
S tation showed 2 milligrams per k ilo of sample* I have w ritten them f ^
th e ir method o f determination and w hat'this would mean in terms to tSioBufo'
The trrine a t th is 'same time contained *67 milligrams of lead per lite r *
X understand a t th is time he had no lead lin e of h is gums although h is
te e th were very dirty* He had no muscular weakness but h is associates
where he worked ha.d noticed a sudden change in color and p allo r over night
which suggested an acute blood lo ss from, g a stro -in te stin a l bleeding.
The stools were black but I think no examination was made fo r blood and
I interpreted the blackness a s due to iron and liv e r* As a matter of
in te re s t w ill lead in the sto o ls produce enough lead sulfide make
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- The man Itad worked f o r th e Btew Method laundry; the
Division of Occupational Diseases of Connecticut'State ^Department of
Health in October 1936 had investigated the' Hew Method laundry where th is
nwn worked in the Cleaning and D^ing^Depecrtment and they found no ;
evidence of:;:occupa'ti;oztal h a z a r d * T h e -man had used some kind of gasoline
once a-month for fiv e or, ten; ^stBis" wiping o ff "the b ra s a p a rts of the .
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' There are two questions which I would lik e your comment
on. E irs t; do you f e e l th a t th e urinb and feces examination with th e amounts of lead given above a llo w a d la g n a sis of unqualified lead poisoning 7
Second; i f so have you any d efin ite suggestions fo r further determining: the
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. ' I th in k the man drank beer in moderation, He had never' acknowledged making any alcoholic beverages him self.
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I am sorry to' bother you and with sincere thanks, Cordially,