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. nr`1 .1 D r . Rob er t Kehoe College o f Medicin e U n iversity of Cin cin n ati C in c in n a t i, Ohio Dear "D oc": Mr. P ayton , th e h ead o f our P er son n el and T r ain in g Depart m en t, h as ju s t b r ou gh t t o my a t t e n t io n a c a se o f an e x - se r v ic e st a t io n em ployee o f o u r s a t C in c in n a t i t h a t some o f you r a s s i s t a n t s h ave been u sin g a s an exp er im en t al su b je c t fo r d e r m a t it is and i t s e f f e c t s from co n t act w ith fumes o f g a so lin e . Tliis m a s , m m m ^ y name, worked a t one o f cu r se r v ic e st a t io n s a t C in c in n a t i u n t i l Ju l y 1 5 , 1932, a t wh ich tim e he was l a i d o f f and p lace d on our Em ployees' M utual Be n e fit A sso c iat io n r o l l s , due to the fa c t t h at our doctor in Cin cin n ati, as w ell as h is doctor, Dr. D u casse, d iagn osed th e sk in t r o u b le on t h e m an 's hands and arms a s d e r m a t it is. T h is man; we c a r r ie d on ou r E.M .B.A. from Ju l y 13 u n t i l O ctober 1932. The m an 's co n d it io n was brou gh t t o th e a t t e n t io n o f Dr. M ach le, who st a t e d t h a t h is co n d it io n was v e r y i n t e r e st in g an d t h a t he w ould l i k e t o u t i l i z e him f o r fu r t h e r e xp e r im e n t at io n on g a so lin e fum es a t y ou r la b o r a t o r y , an d a gr e e d , a f t e r we b o t h h ad t h e m an 's acq u ie sce n ce t o make t h e exp er im en t , t o c a r r y him on you r p a y r o ll. The r e p o r t t h a t we h ave s t a t e s t h a t a f t e r t h e m an 's arms were exposed t o fum es o f ga so lin e over a sh o r t p e r io d o f tim e d e r m a t it is in cr e ase d t o su ch an ext en t t h a t experim en tation had t o be stopped and t h e man w as se n t t o t h e h o sp it a l' where he lan gu ish e d u n t i l t h e m idd le o f Ja n u a r y , a t w h ich t im e D r . Mach le sa id he was a b le t o go home. He rem ain ed a t home r e c u p e r a t in g u n t i l t h e l a t t e r p a r t o f Feb r u ar y a t w h ich tim e Dr. Machle s a i d he was p h y sic a lly in su ch sh ape a s t o be d isch arged ^ an d d id so , an d p a id him u n t i l Feb r u ar y 2 5 . 001 1934 2 From in fo r m at io n t h a t ou r C in c in n a t i m an ager h as th e man i s n o t com p let ely w e ll, alt h o u gh he i s r e c o v e r in g, an d we f e e l t h a t u n t i l su ch tim e a s he i s f u l l y r e co v e r e d you r company sh ou ld b e ar h is p a y r o ll e xp e n se . We say t h i s fo r two r e a so n s - one i s t h a t u n dou bted ly t h e m an 's co n d it io n was augmented by h is fu r t h e r co n t act due t o t h e exp e r im e n t at ion in y ou r 1la b o r a t o r y , and se co n d ly , w h ich i s even more im p o r t an t , we do n o t want t h i s man t o ge t d isg r u n t le d and go t o some sh y st e r law yer st a r t in g a s u i t , which would be ver y bad both fo r th e Et h y l Cor p or at ion and ou r company, a s u n dou btedly th e f i r s t t h in g th e law yer would do, would be t o t r y t o la y h is t r o u b le s t o c o n t a c t w it h Et h y l g a so lin e j an d even th ough t h e man agr e e d o r a l l y (t h e r e was n ot h in g in w r it in g) t o be experim en ted upon , we h ave no p r o o f o f t h i s oth er than h is o r al statem en t. My r e ason f o r w r it in g you was t h a t I th ou gh t p er h ap s you had been so bu sy t h a t you d id n ot know p e r so n a lly ab ou t t h i s si t u a t i o n , as i t h as alw ays been th e p o licy o f th e Eth yl Corporation , a t le a st w h ile I was w it h them an d I am su r e i t i s t h e same now, t o be v e r y c a r e fu l ab ou t le a v in g lo o se en ds where men may ge t ou t an d b r in g law s u i t s , u n ju st ifie d a s th ey m igh t b e , w h ich would be em b ar r assin g both t o E t t y l and: t o t h e go o d w ill o f E t h y l' s cu st o m e r s. Be t h a t a s i t may, I would l i k e t o h ave you r view s in th e m at t er a sid e from th e m oral or t e c h n ic a l st a n d p o in t . Y iill you be so good, when co n v e n ie n t , a s t o drop me a few l i n e s ab ou t t h i s . W ith very b e st w ish es, 0011335