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August 26. , 1932 D r. H obart A. Lyon .; . .1 P e d ia tric s Department 1 General H ospital 4 ,, j C in c in n a ti, Ohio ~ V;'... ' .. . . /;. ' __ _ %> Dear D octor Lyont. ... . ' .J- ' . .. "^ ' ' ' 0 ' "S' `` ^ . K..- . ... X enclose herew ith a copy o f our fin d in g s - 5^ ' on th e two c h ild r e n su sp e c te d o f h a v i n g in g e s t e j^ t o x io aisounts of lead* In th e one in sta n c e , the ' findings in the faeces are ra th e r h ig & ^lfo w ew rT th e s a m p le ^ W was so sm all t h a t I sh ould be a f r a id to p u t to o much w eight on th e a n a l y t i c a l r e s u l t s . I do n o t b e lie v e t h a t th e s e - . r e s u l t s e i t h e r e lim in a te o r s tre n g th e n th e d ia g n o s is o f le a d 1% p o iso n in g . I f th e sam ples were l a r g e r and I f th e same r e s u l t s : had been found, I would f e e l th a t in the case o f A rthur Johnson, th e amount found in th e fa e c e s was s i g n i f i c a n t . With the sm all ness of these sam ples, X do n o t b eliev e any conclusion can be drawn on th e se a n a ly s e s . In th e case o f H ubert Johnson, the re su lts are even le ss sig n ific a n t. . ..... . I t i s l i k e l y t h a t we s h a l l be a b le to a r r iv e a t a d e f i n i t e c o n c lu s io n in th e c a se of th e boy who d ie d . The ; an aly sis of the tis s u e s should t e l l us whether he had re c e n tly ;^ been exposed to co n sid erab le amounts o f le a d . I s h a ll r e p o r t th e s e fin d in g s to you when th e y a re o b ta in e d b u t s in c e we a re ru sh ed a t th e la b o r a to r y a t p r e s e n t, i t w i l l be some l i t t l e '/ . tim e b efo re I can give them to you. 1 - Very tru ly yours, / . .. . RAS:XS ; . .. - V - . ', . . P .8 . The most s ig n if ic a n t fin d in g i s th a t of the h ig h s tip p lin g . In my e x p e rie n c e i t does n o t p ro v e th e e x is te n c e o f le a d p o iso n in g , n evertheless, i t i s - a very suggestive finding to he taken fo r whatever i t is worth in connection w ith the o th er c lin ic a l findings 0016652