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,May 2k 1939 Mr, H* W. Janes Atlantic Refining Company 31*14 Passyhnck Avenue Philadelphia, Pa, Dear Mr, Jones? I hare your letter of May lgth concerning an employee named From the man s occupation* l ^ ^ e ^ a s highly improbable that he has absorbed any significant quantity of lead* and from the information which you hare given me* I see not the slightest reason for believing that his neuritis Is due to lead absorption. However every case of neuritis which develops in a man who has had occasion to handle leaded gasoline is re-- gar&ed quite suspiciously by medical men on the false assumption that there is an inevitably significant lead exposure in connection with M s work. 1 trust that Mr. Barefoota visit to Pittsburgh will result in some other diagnosis being made, but in as much as one of my associates is planning to be in Pittsburgh today* 1 am asking him to look Into the case by getting Into com munication with Dr. Wucher and to do whatever he can toward seeing that a proper diagnosis if arrived at. It might be useful in as much as Mr. V H H f c is as near at hand as Pittsburgh if he were to come to Cincinnati for an examination and for a careful study of the lead content of his blood and of his excreta* Unless he has had some exposure to A Iron other sources, 2 am quite confident that the ifndlS! in this respect will be entirely normal. It mlrtrt^urn but to be quite useful Inaeea to havejhls If for no other reason than that it. might ^ e B B a ^ ^ o ' o o m b u t oplnlons arrlred at on Inadequate evidence by precise laboratory data, I avian be glad to cooperate i/hich is obtained b y my assistant Dr. Scnradin. Very truly yours, RAKllS T.Robert A. Kenoe* n,' 00- 108, 03, N8039