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jostled if f-ttislees WINTHROP W. ALDRICH MORGAN B. BRAINARD HOWARD COONLEY BENJAMIN F. FAIRLESS WILLIAM S. FARISH WALTER S. GIFFORD E. ROLAND IIARRIMAN THOMAS I. PARKINSON ALFRED P. SLOAN, JR. THOMAS J. WATSON CHARLES E. WILSON ESI. 1913 n a t io n a l s af et y c o u n c il 2 0 NORTH WA CKER DRIVE CHICAGO COL. JOHN STILWELL, President W. H. CAMERON, Managing Director October 16, 1941 NED H. DEARBORN Education I. W. MILLARD Finance and Treasurer WALTER S. PAINE Industrial Safety LEW R. PALMER Community Councils and Public Relations A. V. Komvi-DER Home Safety R. T. SOLENSTEN Membership LESLIE J. SORENSON Public Safety Robert A, Kehoe, M.D. Director Kettering Laboratory of Applied Physiology Eden Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio Dear Dr. Kehoe: Mr. Forney has just turned over to me your letter-of October-ll, 1944*with which you submitted very complete suggestions and recommendations for the improvement and correction of our proposed revision of Health Practices Pamphlet No, 3, "Lead," I sincerely appreciate your frank criticism, because it is my aim, in rewriting this pamphlet, to give the layman just sufficient information about lead poisoning so that he will recognize the complexities of the problem and secure the services of a physician rather than attempt an amateur diagnosis. I can see from your comments that I apparently have made the description of the signs of lead poisoning too complex,, and I am going to go over it and adopt your suggestion. You also asked about evidence on the absorption of lead into the body where it is suspended in oil compounds. This was put in at the sugges tion of Dr. Ludwig Teleky, who stated, "Neither absorption by skin (ex cept of tetraethyl lead) nor absorption by scratched skin. is. proved in workers, but in actors painting and rubbing in the whole body with white lead ointment." These are Dr. Teleky's exact words. Also, I had com ments to the same effect where the phrase "lead poisoning, is possible through abrasions of the skin where the lead is suspended in oil" from Dr. Louis Schwartz. I do not feel, from all the references I have read, that the point is important enough to stress, and perhaps it would be better left out. Robert A. Kehoe, M.D. 2- - You offered in your list of suggestions, to include references on modifications of Falrhall's method, as well as other methods which might be employed for lead analyses. I should be very appreciative if you could furnish me with such a list of references so we could have them available when inquiries are received. Originally, although you may not remember it, we described Fairhall's method as included in the Air Hygiene Foundation booklet on the sub ject. Since the method has largely been displaced by others, it was thought best to leave it out of this last draft. Also, we have shor tened greatly the descriptions of the suggested methods that were pre sented in full in the original draft. Again, I want to thank you for your cooperation in so painstakingly reviewing .this Data Sheet. We, here at the Council, need the con structive help of men such as yourself who are experts in the field, and we sincerely appreciate it. Cordially yours, JMR HRC P. S. I had a long talk with Dr. Meek, of the Chrysler Corporation, at the Rational Safety Congress last week. He suggested other modifi cations which will be included in the pamphlet. I shall be sure to send you a- copy of the final draft before it is submitted to the Execu tive Committee for approval for publication. If, at that time, you find any other points which need clarification, won't you please feel free to make the necessary changes. J.M.R. KA 0015724