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De c e mb e r 5, 1948
I r . V. B . Hu t c h i n s o n , Wi l l ar d s t or age Eat t er y Company ,
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Dear Doctor Hutchinson:
I send y ou her ewi t h, , a r epor t of t he anal y t i c al r es ul t s c n t he bl ood and ur i ne oJ
The l ead c onc ent r at i ons i n bl ood and ur i ne ar e i n es s ent i al . agr eement ,
and a l t h o u g h t he bl ood c onc ent r at i on i s i n t he i nt er medi at e z one i n
as s oc i at i on wi t h wh i c h s y mpt omat ol ogy i s s omet i mes s een, i t s eems
i mpr obabl e t o me t hat t he s y mpt oms c ompl ai ned of on Nov ember 0 wer e
due t o l ead abs or pt i on. I say t hi s pr i mar i l y f or t he r eas on t hat I
hav e not s een s uc h ac ut e s y mpt omat ol ogy on t he par t of per s ons who
hav e been r emov ed f r om haz ar dous ex pos ur e af t er an i nt er v al of a mont h.
I t s eems hi ghl y pr obabl e t hat t he? l ead l ev el s wer e hi gher at t he l i me
of t he man' s r emov al and t hat t hey had s ubs i ded s omewhat i n t he
i nt er i m. As I poi nt ed out pr ev i ous l y , s t i ppl i ng of t he er y t hr oc y t es
c annot be ex pec t ed t o c or r el at e wi t h t he ex t ent of i ndi v i dual l ead
abs or pt i on, and t he f ai l ur e of t he s t i ppl i ng t o r et ur n t o a l ow l evel
i s, t her ef or e, not t o be r egar ded as any evi dence of cont i nued l ead
ex pos ur e. Nat ur al l y t he dec i s i o n as t o t he nat ur e of t he c l i ni c al
i l l nes s i n s uc h a c as e as t hi s has t o be made f r o m t he c l i ni c al
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f i ndi ngs and not f r o m anal y t i c al i nf or mat i on. ' '
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