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\ December 7 , I93ii- D r . W alter Bower M assach u setts Gen eral H osp ital Bost on , M ass. Dear Dr Bow er: I t h as come t o my a t t e n t io n th r ou gh somewhat c i r c u i t o u s ch an n els t h a t two men, Fr en ch Can adian s, fat h e r and son , were under your care in t h e h o sp it a l ap p ar e n t ly su ffe r in g from ch r on ic le a d p o ison ih g as the r e su lt of con tact w ith cloth in g rep eated ly clean ed w ith gaso lin e con tain in g le ad . I am somewhat a t a l o s s t o e x p la in why anyone sh o u ld u se colored gasolin e fo r the dry-clean in g of cloth in g, and I am a t a somewhat g r e a t e r l o s s t o u n d er st an d th at c a se s of le ad poison in g m igh t have developed from c o n t a c t w ith c lo t h in g cle an e d in t h is fa sh io n , n e v e r t h e le ss I sh o u ld be v e r y much in t e r e st e d in h avin g an y in fo r m at io n w h ich you co u ld giv e me ab ou t t h e se c a s s sin c e my a ss o c i a t e s an d I h ave been in v e st iga t in g a l l case s o f su sp ected le ad poison in g asso ciat e d w ith lead ed gaso lin e over a period of y e a r s. X sh ou ld a p p r e c ia t e i t v e r y much in d eed i f . you would giv e ae a b r i e f accou n t o f th e il ln e ss o f t h e se men an d of t h e b a se s oft w h ich t h e d ia g n o sis was m adev I t seem s e n t i r e l y p o ssi b le t h a t th e in ** fo r m at io n I h ave r e c e iv e d may be I n c o r r e c t . I f so , I sh ou ld b e ' v e r y g la d I f you would l e t me know. I sh ou ld n ot tak e the lib e r t y o f im posin g upon your tim e i f I t were n ot t h at t h is e n t ir e q u e st io n i s o f c o n sid e r a b le con sequen ce in r e l a t i o n t o p u b lic h e a lt h , and we h ave been d oin g our b est to ascertain the fa c t s. Very t r u ly y ou r s, RAKj I S _____ _ _ _ . _ S?:-. - ? Rob er t A. Klehoe, M.X).