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Sep tem b er 23, 1954 M r. C h arles W. H ancock 912 Broad w ay Bayon n e, New Je r se y D ear M r. Hancock; Th e sh e af of in form ation an d co r r esp o n d en ce w h ich you h ave sen t m e se r v e s to d em on strate cle ar ly your deep con cern about your p resen t con dition an d th e c ir c u m st a n c e s, w h ich , o v e r a p er iod of y e a r s, ap p ear to you to h ave brou gh t it on . U n fortu n ately, it d o e s n ot p r ovid e m e w ith o th er evid en ce by w h ich to a p p r a ise th e situ atio n . T h e r e fo r e , I can n ot a r r iv e a t an y con clu sio n s th at w ould be h elpfu l to you, n or d oes it se e m to m e th at t h er e is an yth in g w h ich I can do by w ay of in v est igat ion , at ch is t im e , to an sw e r th e q u estion w h ich you an d you r p h y sician s h ave ask e d . M o r e o v e r , it is m y opin ion th at an y clin ic a l w ork w h ich m y a sso c ia t e s in th e C lin ical D iv isio n of th i3 D ep artm en t m igh t do at m y r e q u e st w ould le av e th e p r o b lem of th e c au se of y ou r trou b le in p r e c ise ly t h e sa m e st at e a s it n ow i s . In o t h e r w o r d s, a s I se e it , y o u an d w e c a n fin d out w h at vou r clin ical con dition is, in fac t , but w e can n ot, aft e r all the lap se of t im e, fin d out w h at cau sativ e agen t o r agen ts m ay h ave been in volved. T h is, I b eliev e, is th e cr u x of you r p rob lem , an d 1 am quite fr an k in say in g th at p r o o f of th e v alid ity of y ou r claim can n ot be obtain ed . To th e exten t t h at m e t a llic e le m e n t s o r t h e ir com pou n d s w e r e a fa c t o r in you r p r e se n t d isab ility , the evid en ce is gon e beyon d r eclam atio n . The ele m e n t s a r e no lo n ge r t h e r e , an d sin ce th ey le av e no se q u e l in th e fo r m ' of sp e cific r e siiu r l path ology, no one can say th at th ey w ere th ere o r w hat th ey m ay h ave done. \ I m u st a lso sa y th at I do n ot b eliev e th at you r opin ion s con cern in g what h appen ed to you a r e ju st ifie d . T h e r e fo r e , in you r m in d, d esp ite what I m igh t do o r sa y , I w ould tu rn out to be ju st an oth er of th ose d o cto r s w ho, b e cau se th ey do n ot go alon g w ith y ou r id e a s, a r e e ith er ign oran t c r in ten t upon deceivin g you. . . \ F o r th ese r e aso n s, I am retu rn in g you r file of m ate r ial to you, an d, r e gr e t fu lly w ith draw in g fr o m the situ ation . I w ish it m igh t be o th er w ise, sin ce y o u r ob viou s u n h ap p in ess w ould se e m to c r y out fo r r e lie f. I fe a r th at I cann ot provide it. Sin c e r e ly y o u r s , \ RAK ef Robert A. Kehoe, M. D