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- -V c'vft : : June g , .1939 v :M K . ri v.iL:$ .- -*'}:'A/', ' - * .. : V c V A Dr. Anthony Matuska 1320 Broadway 0Incinnat i Obi0 Dear Doctor Matuskai- X am en d in g you b o f the report o f my examination of ith fh ie 1s* Incidentali;/ a copy o f the report which X sent to the Indastriai Commission on him. '" ' - X think you w ill he. inter* eated in knowlngof his. progress since he has-been-" - in the hospital* -. On careful study o f h is neurological condition i t was found that h ie sensory impairment was d istributed in the wetocklngHmanner that M s reffeme were a l l a c tiv e that there was apparently no muscular atrophy and no evidence o f degenerative le sio n s in th e nerves* I t became-apparent from these findings that most i f not a ll* of the neurological,: . d is a b ility was; o f ,an h y steric a l t y p e * - I t i s d iffic u lt o f course to t e l l whether the en tire isotor disturbance was o f th is nature* X- am disposed to think that there was some muscular weakness as a 'predisposing; factor -to the p ra ctica lly complete h ysterical d isa b ility * In any case tinder e le c tr ic and other phyaiotherapeut1c treatment* he i s doing very w ell and i t i s anticipated that he w ill he out o f the h osp ital in a few days* .ii; /. - 'i;'-. A - - ' "l'.'- In my opinion, there is every Ju stification fo r regarding the hysteria, in this' case .astrau m atic or toxic in origin* I t i s very fortunate* , ,1 b elieve* that Mr* Barnes does not have any organ ic. /le sio n o f & dsgohstr&h^e type- in his,, nervous .system* hut t h is type o f h ysteria has to have some d e fin ite cause* In thls-dnstahce 1 attribute the entire picture ... to-lead poisoning* and.regard i t as a sequel to that ' condition* In my opinion* therefore* W SK is e n title d to compensation for the en tire period of h ie d isa b ility in exactly the same fashion as i f h is d is a b ility had been due to a nerve degeneration. K ^ 0016453 : t\ - --r ife ;, :4 ''' m mt v \ } : v y .. / -:/ *% <g * 2 m very glad to have had a chance, through your courtesy to see th is very later* eating patient# Rlease accept my thanks* ' ,v ; ; Cordially yoursf Efeil*:v' ' ' Robert A* itehoe* M,D* : . y K 0016454 y-T; ;