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Fe b r u a r y 3 1939
Mr. 3. C. Taylor Ethyl Gasoline Corporation Chrysler Building New York, New York
Attention Mr. 0. B. Lewis
Dear Mr. Lewis:
Enclosed please find letters addressed to Mr. Olver and Mr. Dunn.
Very truly yours,
W K :vr
Willard Maohle, M. D.
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*"' .February 3* 1939
Mr, J. K, Fitzgerald
Ethyl OssoXise Corporations
23 Adelaide Street, S&$t
Toronto, Canada
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Attention ar. A* . Diver .
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Sear Ur. Olver:
In reply to your letter of iesmery 3 , with enclosures, we wish to
advise you" that Pr, Kehoe has written Dr Story for further information or,
the Illness of
have &s yet received no reply from
*>r* story.
In so far a-a Ur,
is concerned, you can .assure Ur* fccrtierson
that there- is no likelihood of .vfcaw acquiring leed poisoning from the
heudliag of loeded gasoline. 1 bcv seen no eases of-lead poisoning which
were over contracted or contributed to by work with leaded geeolinej and
moreover, all of the evidence which wo and others fesve eccu&mleteS lends u*
to the opinion that there Is no likelihood of poisoning from this source
from the handling c f 'leaded gasoline es ordinarily carried out in commerce.
Xu so far o &r* B H H H skin condition is eonasmed, from the
description which we have received to date, Shew* condition probably ie
the result of s gasoline dermatitis, which oca be contracted with equal
ease from leaded or noa-le&ded gasoline. The *addition of the CG^pon&ntn
of Ethyl Fluid to gficoliue in 0 way makes it more likely to produce e
dermatitis or any other result of irritation of tfe skin, however,
$asolinee do vary in. their capacity to produce irritation and dermatitis.
Highly cracked gasolines ere notoriously bed in this respect, further
more, it is not possible to predict after 0 man teas once had gasoline
dermatitis what hi reactions will be on subsequent expoaure to gasoline;
that is to say, we do not know whether be would bo ore or leas likely to
get dermatitis after resuning work with gasoline. In eom aen after
recovery fro one attack with resumption of exposure to gasoline, the second
attack comes on more swiftly end more aevvorely then the first. On the
other hand, in one instances, after an attack there seems to be an
increased resistance to gasoline effect end work ay be carried on with
gasoline for long periods of tine without reappesreaee of the dermatitis.
Still others eee@ to have iso change in susseeptibility os the result of an
attack You con see therefore, that it is not possible to assure
hr. Lookerson that it would be safe for
to return to work with
gasoline.
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l r . * s* e l v e r - ( 2 ) - Fe b r u a r y J , 19 39
lat6b teste applied with diluted gasoline by
physician
night b of use In deters:!oing whether or not there 5 likllhoo4*of
the condition reappearing upon rseusiptiem of work# But tfc results of
these tests are soaewhat difficult of interpretation as mch depends
upon the nannor In which the workman stpoaes hinsslf to the irritant.
That la to say, eves though
roti&las his sensitivity to gasoline,
If ho uses extreme care not to allow skin contact with gasoline, avoids
the vapors as r.uch as possible, he slight very well resun work with
gasoline, Hegardless of conjecture in the end the final answer will bn
gotten only when Shaw reusses work with gasoline* If ho tolerate work
with gasoline without reappearance of hi derstitc, well end good.
If on the other hand, his dorsetitis reappears obviously he should die-
continue work with any -end ell gasolines,
X have gone into so detail in diaouasipg gaaolin dermatitis end have addressed this letter to you for your infor&ction* You Key acquaint hr, lAcPherson with such portion of it as sees indicated,
Very truly yours, * '
jvr ec; 0, Is, hewis
uT'Krd"hachii,'.' r'il
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