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.l-v /.> 4, J,t, r'v "< . < * / -v' ' ' -' ' !**. < siiyf - . vr ' ** y " A '/ * '. aV r* ,*, ,` ' Al,' '/ * Hr*'-*. * * t f i f t c r i ' * Jhelfnion Pacific Goal Company Hec&> %3-ings^tfyoming ''1: v-Wi? V- ` ' .' ''' ' . ' V - -' -;, C . ' , . . .. =. :,ln :;s ^ l y to-yoai* l a t t a r o f March 9 th * t wish t o p oin t c a t t h a t th e a ccid e n t a l in t r od u ct ion o f ga so lin e in t o t h e dye has caused In ju r y la a number o f In sta n ces wh ich hat come t o my a t t e n t io n * Th is con d ition has nothing wh atever t o do with th e presen ce wit h in th e ga so lin e o f s m ill 'cu a n t it le s o f t e t r a e t h yl lead# but is due to the I r r it a t in g e ffe ct s o f gasolin ewh ich * as you p r ob a b ly ap p r eciate# ca u ses con sid er a b le ir r i t a t i o n and p ain when a p p lie d t o an y such d e lic a t e membranes as t h e co ver in g o f t h e eye* Xn ge n e r a l th e in ju r y i s o f sh or t d u r ation sin ce t h e ga so lin e I s prom ptly d ilu t e d by t e a t and i s washed out o f th e eye ver y ad equ ately* However th e i r r i t a t i n g e ffe c t i s such t h a t th e person who g e t s ga s o lin e in , hlsCeye^ wllX u s u a lly rub h ie eye and beoau sa o f' t M f a c t t h e hhndft o f f i l l i n g s t a t io n op er a t or s 3 a r e o ft e n u n clean * t h is r u bbin g may r e s u lt la con sid er a b le In ju r y t o t h e s u r fa ce o f th e eye. fh u s I , h ave seen one o r two in s t a n ce s In wh ich u lce r e o f t h e sur** fa ce o f th e eye w e r ep p r o ^ :id ,\ b y''t h ii means* - Such u lc e r a alm ost in va r ia b ly becomo ln fa ct e d and I f t h is i s th e case* a s ca r may d evelop which Pn -vh ealin g may in t e r fe r e w it h v i s i o n - i f i t - i s in ' the- central; p o r t io n - o f th e corn ea* !'\V ' V - ' :;::-%'dny;;in|Tn^;:to.the eye as the result of contact with gasoline* which does not clear up within the first twenty^four hours* should be treated by a physician Since otherwiff Scnslderable damage may ar e*b-osvtei l*t -fro m : c i'rJ`xc u*-m-:'e t'<a-n o-e`s i. X i h Cth o ./se *,X- h a ve d e s cri"b"e d .. i*#") ;3Uet : m repeat for your infer* matlon# that the lead content of the gasoline Is not a factor in this process since actually tetraethyl lead is itself* even in concentrated form* considerably less irritating than is gasoline. - . . .\i;U m'J * v+- X t* -t *{31 p V'lfekV -. 2- :S'--iWWis#:i;.. v, S^ggSi- - , . I hope by this time your employe has recovered from his difficulties. If he I m J m t f t m y I suggest that you should see that he ooasult a competent physiciaa for the treatment of Very truly yours, RAKils Robert A. Kehoe, M.D.