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?-;f - , S t & d a r d O il, Co m pa n y o f Ne w J e r s e y s y f - ' !- : ; i i p f e i '. Ed wt n S.Ha u . Fr a n k S.Pk h u y Ge o r g e H.To w j ir Wix jjia m L.St e i'h e n s CO U N S EL 26 B e q a i w a \v it w 'Y o t k O ctober 9 , 1936 Re; -4^ ^ v s . S ta n d a rd O il Co. v o f New J e r s e y Dr. R obert-A . Keboe, The C ollege o f M edicine, Eden & B ethesda A v e., Cine i n n a t i , Ohio. Dear Dr. Kehoe: Mr. Webb h as g iv e n me th e v e ry welcome news t h a t you a re to be in North C arolina on th e l? th and a re to remain th e re as long as you can be o f a ssista n c e in the p re se n ta tio n o f th i3 case. The case w ill be reached fo r t r i a l in th e F ederal Court a t W ilson, North C aro lin a, o a th s 2 0 th . I th in k you a lre a d y know o u r l o c a l co u n sel a re MacLean, pou & Emanuel, Lawyers B u ild in g , R aleig h . They w ill be very glad to meet you as. soon as i t is convenient fo r you. W ilson is only fo r ty m iles from R a le ig h and tr a v e l betw een th e two towns i s e a sy . You w i l l be i n t e r e s t e d to know th e p l a i n t i f f su b m itte d to a p h y s ic a l ex am in atio n on Monday o f t h i s week a t th e hands o f a b a t t e r y o f d o c to rs de s ig n a te d by o u r Company f o r th e p u rp o se . The d o c to rs who examined M r ^ I H ^ w e r e D r. R. S . C r i s p e l l , a n e u r o lo g is t a tta c h e d to Duke U n iv e rs ity ; D r. H o rton, a tta c h e d to th e N o rth C a ro lin a Workmen' s Compen s a tio n Commission; D r. A. M. P itm an o f W ilson; D r. T. J . B la c k sh e a r, an o c u lis t o f W ilson. Dr. Sawyer, an o c u lis t from E lizab eth C ity , also par tic ip a te d in the exam ination, perhaps as the p la in tif f 's re p re se n ta tiv e , h u t our l a s t word is th a t D r. Sawyer is n o t o f th e opinion th e p l a i n t i f f is su ffe rin g from lead poisoning or any o f i t s e ffe c ts . I understand the four physicians a ctin g in our behalf fa ile d to fin d any evidence of lead poisoning or th e consequences th e re o f.' Likew ise' they fa ile d to fin d any evidence o f m u ltip le s c le r o s is which i t had been suggested was th e p la in t i f f ' s t r o u b l e . ......... _. ) : O ur/study of the p la in tif f 's h isto ry in d icates he has been som ething o f a m e d ic al c u r i o s i t y d u rin g a l l h is l i f e b u t we have n o t y e t succeeded in o b ta in in g any- s a tis f a c to r y e x p lan a tio n o f h is p re se n t condi tio n . E arly in 1933 th e p la in tif f underwent an operation fo r ap p en d icitis and a h e rn ia . A s p in a l a n a e s th e tic was u sed . I understand D r. C ris p e ll has su g g e ste d p l a i n t i f f 's p re s e n t c o n d itio n may be a t t r i b u t a b l e to some p o iso n o r in ju r y r e s u l t i n g from th e u se o f t h a t a n a e s th e ti c , a lth o u g h when I l e f t N o rth C a ro lin a D r. C r is p e l l had n o t made h is f i n a l r e p o r t and when t h a t comes to hand we may f in d him u n w illin g to su p p o rt th e ^ h e o r y he sug gested a t the conclusion of th e exam ination. m eeting you. I expect to a tte n d th e t r i a l and I/g fh all look forward to Tei*y t r u l y y o u rs , N8529