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Dr .S a m E .Ro b e r t s MIO P R O F E S S I O N A L BU I LD I N G K A N SA S CITY, MO. March Seven th 1938 Dr. Ho b er t Kehoe U n i. ojf C in c in n a t i M ed ical Sch o o l Ketter in g Laboratory o f Applied P h ysiology C in c in n a t i, Ohio Dear D. Keh oe: A r e p r e se n t a t iv e o f th e George Br eon Company t o ld no o f th e fin e work you were d oin g in b io ch em ist y . I h ave been v e r y much in t e r e st e d in t h i s f i e l d and I am an xiou s t o c a r r y out some i n v e st ig a t io n s alo n g two l i n e s , i . e . , f i r s t , th e p o ssib ilit y o f ch ron ic lead poison in g producin g ce r t ain types of nerve d eafn ess. A great proportion o f th e population e at fo od s d isp en sed in t i n c an s. Secon d ly , t h e a c t u a l de term in ation of m in eral m aln u trition . C l i n i c a l l y I know many p a t ie n t s ar e im proved by th e ad m in ist r at io n o f b a sic m in er als foun d in k elp p r e p a r a t io n s. I h ave been d oin g c l i n i c a l exp er im en t s alo n g t h i s l i r e fo r some two or t h r e e y e a r s. The r e s u l t s ar e e sp e c i a l l y good , bu t I f e e l I am doin g i t e m p ir ic a lly . I I have t r ie d t o get our lab o r at o r y a t th e U n iv e r sit y o f Kan sas t o h e lp me alo n g t h e se l i n e s , but I fin d t h e i r equipm en t i s f a r t o o m eager* I am w on derin g i f i t would be p o ssib le t o sen d specim en s o f b lood , irnine o r sp in a l flu id t o your* la b o r a t o r y . I r e a l i z e t h i s i s ask in g a g r e a t d e a l o f you , an d i f i t i s im p r a c t ic a l p le a se l e t me know. We h ave some fu n d s fo r r e se a r c h work a t t h e U n iv e r sit y o f Kan sas, but whether or n ot t h ey could be sen t out o f th e St a t e I do n ot know. A fr a n k r e p ly from you w ill be a p p r e c ia t e d . SER:3 It ola ryn gology U n iver sity of Kan sas. e a 8 iy S# tured is n o rage a ll f