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October-9* 1 9 ^ * Dr. Faul M. Holmes, Bunting Brass and Bronze Company, Toledo, Ohio. Dear Dr. Holmes: I am writing to you for two reasons. First, I want to call your attention to the fact that the American Association of Industrial Physicians ana Surgeons and the American Indus trial Hygiene Association are having their joint annual meeting in Cincinnati on april lp, l^liE. This meeting, I believe, will be of considerable interest to Industrial phy sicians who are not too far from Cincinnati, and it appears to me that you and some of your colleagues in Toledo may find it possible to come during at least a portion of the five day program. I am getting izi touch with other men whom I know in Dayton, Columbus, and as far away as Cleve land, partly because I think the meeting itself will be of interest, but partly also because I think there should be more industrial physicians and hygienists in Ohio, who are members of these organizations, either directly or through local and regional sections, lie have no Cincinnati section of the American Industrial Hygiene Association. We are con sidering forming one, tut I think it might be highly advan tageous to have some of our colleagues from neighboring cities in any such organization, at least for the purpose of regional meetings. All of this is highly tentative, and I should be very much interested in knowing what your reaction might be to some such an arrangement. My second point of interest concerns the present operation of your plant. I have recently had occasion to see a small plant in which the hazarus are similar to those in your plant, but seem more severe, 1 believe. Wc. cupect to make some clinical and analytical observations, but I believe the problem of ventilation is the one which will have to be solved. Tnis brings me to ask whether you have been a ble to eliminate the somewhat hazardous character of certain types of exposure. In this connection, it occurs to me that it might be feasible to do away with some cf the fume3 by ven tilating them effectively in a limited area, end by circula ting the molds rather than the ladles. In other words, the problem is that of ventilating a-.aovlng pot or ladle. Would 0003498 Dr. Paul M. Holmes - (2) - October 9 19&X* it not be feasible to keep a pot in one place and circulate the molds by some kind of conveyor system? I raise this question with youj-because it seemed probably that your peo ple have already thought of tills idea, and if they have dis carded it, they have probably done so for good reason. Ob viously, here I am not asking for any secrets of the trade, ox1 any operating tricky; X am merely thinking of the overall hazards of foundries of this type, and I have always consi dered the problem presented here as one of the most interes ting and also one of the most difficult to solve. I remember with a certain amount of chagrin that I have never yet completed a full report for your use in connection with our observations on your plant. I made certain recommendations and suggestions verbally from tine to time, and I supplied you with the data. On the other hand, I allowed the pressure of other work, which lias become increasingly heavy, to prevent me from drawing up a comprehensive report for you. Xou; may or may not be interested in having such a report, but I am engaged in studying thessdata along with certain others, and I should be glad to provide a report for you, which will re present not only the information obtained there, but certain conclusions which are supported by the experimental work of . recent yeara. If you arc interested in such a import, I would appreciate having you give me a little information about any changes which may have been instituted in the plant since I saw it, and also as to whethor you have had cases of mild or severe intoxication in more recent times. ' $ith kindest personal regards, . Cordially yours, Robert A. KehGe, H. D. RAK ef 0003499