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SAFETY C O M M ITTEE O.B.Le w is C H A IR M A N Et h y l Ga s o l i n e Co r p o r a t i o n Ch r y s l e r B u il d in g 4 0 5 Le x in g t o n Av e n u e 0 7^ V Ne w Yo r k March 1, 1933 D r. B. A. Behoe K etterin g L aboratory of A oplied Physiology C ollege of M edicine Eden Avenue, C in c in n a ti, Ohio. ' Dear Dr. Kehoe! 1 We a r e q u o tin g "below f o r y o u r in f o r m a tio n a n ew sp ap er a r t i c l e w hich appeared in the H erald Statesm an (Y onkers) on February lH , 1933. OXYGEN TENT IS USED TO SAVE . YOUTH WITH GASOLINE IN LUNGS C o n tracts Pneumonia A fte r ___ F u e l From Car To A id F r ie n d F a th e r, Former P u b lic S a fe ty C h ief, G o lla o ses From Tiorry , tw e n ty one y e a r o ld son o f fo rm e r P u b lic S a f e ty CommisT. l i e s , today la y in an oxygen te n t fo r th e fo u rth day, s u f f e r in g pneum onia and le a d p o is o n in g , w h ile h is f a th e r was c o n fin e d to bed by nervous c o lla n s e b ro u g h t on by h is s o n 's il ln e s s , Mrs. lie s d is c lo se d . B oth were a t home, a t IS O verlook T erra ce, under tre a tm e n t by D r. A l b e r t .J, S h ap p ell of 15 L ocust H ill Avenue and Dr. W illiam J . V ogeler of U03 P a l i s d a e A venue. Young 4 0 0 k r a s taken, i l l Thursday n ig h t. H is m other s a id he m s syphon in g g a s o li n e o u t o f h i s a u to m o b ile t o a i d a f r i e n d who had ru n o u t o f g a s , when the fum es overcame him and the g a so lin e ran from the hose in to h is lungs He was ta k e n to th e home o f a f r i e n d , w h ere he c o lla p s e d , Mrs. s a id . When h e was b ro u g h t to h i s own home, h i s f a t h e r im m e d ia te ly s e n t f o r D r. S h a p p e ll and D r. V o g eler, who w orked o v er him a l l n ig h t w ith oxygen o b ta in e d from S t . J o h n 's E i v e r s i d e H o s p i ta l . L a t e r , th e t e n t was o b ta in e d from Hew York C ity . . 0011585 D r. R. A. Kehoe - 2- March 1 , 1938 hco llat> sed : S a tu rd a y an d was o rd e re d to t e d "by the p h y s ic i a n s . F a th e r and son, v is ite d l a s t midnig h t by Dr. Shappel, were doing as w e ll a s could be exoected, Mrs. reported. ' f Very tr u l y yours, gel w r . 0011586 . . ill?