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hay 5# 1939 Kr . David 8 . Atkin son Abraham s* Bouh an , At k in so n and Lawren ce F ou r t h F lo o r Com m ercial B u ild in g Savan nah* Geor gia Dear Mr. At k in so n }- In r e p ly t o your le t t e r o f A p r il 25th * r wan t you t o know f i r s t o f a l l t h a t I sh a ll be in p osition to t e s t ify as to our a n a lytica l d a t a on sam ples o f th e u r in e and b lo o d o f th e p l a i n t i f f from my own d i r e c t kn ow led ge, The work c a r r ie d o u t i n t h i s la b o r a t o r y i s u n d er ray g e n e r a l d ir e c t io n * an d t h e work o a r r ie d ou t In r e la t io n t o t h e problem o f le a d o o is o n ln g l a u n d er my d ir e c t io n and d a i ly gu id a n ce , t h e r e fo r e I know on my own kn owled ge t h e m anner o f ca r r yin g out th ese an a lyses and th e r e s u lt s obtain ed . I t w i l l n o t be n e ce s s a r y t o h ave d e p o s it io n s from an y o t h e r p er so n s i n t h e "la b o r a t o r y* t h e r e fo r e . "With fu r t h e r r e fe r e n c e t o yo u r qu estion as to th e s ign ifica n ce o f the a n a lyt ica l r e s u lt s , i t must be p o in t e d o u t t h a t a la p s e o f a ye a r o r more is . a ser io u s fa ct o r in the In t e r p r e ta tio n o f th e a n a lyt ica l r e s u lt s . Th er e a r e s e v e r a l p o in t s a t is s u e wh ich I can e x p la in b e t t e r in Co n ve r sa t io n w it h you th an b y means o f corresp on d en ce. S u ffic e i t t o say* h owever, a t t h is tim e t h a t i f t h e p a t ie n t wer e s u ffe r in g from a c t iv e symptoms a t t r ib u t a b le t o le a d p oison in g a t th e tim e o f Dr. Train *a exam in ation * th en th e n ga tive r e s u lt s o f th e a n a lyses wou ld t e n d d e f i n i t e l y t o st ow t h a t some a ge n t was a c t iv e In th e p roduction o f in t o xica tio n . I f , t h e r e fo r e , lea d cou ld be exclu d ed a t t h is tim e* i t would be r ea son a b le t o assum e t h a t some o t h e r fa c t o r was a t wor k. In a n y oa se i t would app ear t o b e r a t h e r d i f fi c u lt to p rove th e o ccu r r e n ce o f le a d p o is o n in g in t h i s man in t h e a b sen ce o f an y p o s it ive evid en ce t h a t he haa absorbed le a d . For t h is r ea son th e p r e s e n t a t io n o f n e ga t ive evid en ce* even th ou gh i t h ad t o be q u a l i fi e d in some m easure* wou ld s t i l l n o t b e w it h o u t p e r t in e n ce in t h e c a s e . An a d d it io n a l fa c t o r o f consecuen oe in t h is ca se is th at in sever e oases o f p o is o n in g th e b lo o d and u r in e show q u a n t it ie s o f le a d s li g h t ly in excess o f th e normal va lu es fo r a lon g tim e a ft e r th e oessa tio n o f exposure* and often fo r a yea r or m ore. In t h is ca se th e fa c t th a t th e r e s u lt s were not even s li g h t ly above th e n orm al le v e l would t en d t o in d ica t e 2- t h a t t h i s asm h ad n o t h ad a n y s e r io u s le a d s x o s u r e a t any t in e w ith in a p er iod o f twelve t o eigh teen nonths o f th e tin e o f the a n a lyses. I h e lle v e , however, t h a t a l l o f th ese qu estion s oan be d iscu ssed a t th e t in e o f th e t r i a l , and th e a d vis a b ilit y or in a d vis a b ilit y o f th e : p r e se n t a tio n o f th ese d a ta oan be determ in ed a t th a t t in e . In any case X s h a ll be in p o sitio n to p resen t any and a ll o f th e d a ta wh ich i s a v a ila b le in ou r la b o r a to r y as n a t t e r s o f n y own kn ow led ge. Very truly yours, RAX:is R ob er t A. Keh oe, M.D. 0012004