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COPY 401 McKinley Ave.N.W., Canton, Ohio J u l y 17, 1935 i n d u s t r ia l Commission of Ohio Department of Claims Columbus, Ohio Gnatlemen: Be: Canton, Ohio I m o o n ^ ^ a t i o f l w i t h Dr. L. D. S t o n e r , o f C a n to n , I examined Mr. on June 1 5 t h , 1935, who had j u s t r e t u r n e d f r o m eM Clinic. Mr. p a s t h i s t o r y shows t h a t while working a t the Timken B o i l e r B e a rin g Company, i n C anton, he d e v e lo p e d p a i n and numbness of both f e e t - the l e f t one being mors pronounced th an the r i g h t , u lc e r s o f both lim bs and a n k le s and numbness of th e arms and hands. The tro u b le becoming more alarm ing, a f t e r docto rin g ^ ^ t ^ r n y s i c i a n s in Canton, P itts b u rg h , and o th e r nearby c i t i e s , was - o b lig e d , i n 1928, to q u i t h i s work and went t o I h r a H o s p o t a l , D e t r o i t , fo r exam ination and tre a tm e n t. They diagnosed th e tro u b le as lead p o is o n in g , a s was a ls o th e d i a g n o s is of o th e r p h y s i c i a n s . H is t r o u b le became more s e r i o u s a s i time went on and in 1932, w ith g a n g r e n e i n t h e g r e a t t o e o f h i s BIGHT f o o t , was a d v i s e d by a P i t t s b u r g h p h y s i c i a n , t o go t o Mayo C l i n i c where he was g i v e n t r e a t ment and a lum bar sympathectomy p e rf o r m e d on him. I n 1933, he was g^ven f u r t h e r tre a tm e n t f o r limbs and hands, and a c u rv i o a l sympa t h e c t o m y was p e r f o r m e d . Due t o c o n t i n u e d e x tr e m e p a i n and g an g ren o u s u l c e r s , i t was found n e c e s s a r y to am putate h i s l e f t limb, ab o u t f i v e or s i x in ch e s below the knee, on June 23th 1934. S in c e t h a t tim e th e r i g h t f o o t and limb have become in v o lv e d ana a f t e r e x a m i n a t i o n a t t h e Mayo C l i n i c Ju n e 9 t h and 1 0 t h , a m p u t a t i o n o f t h e r i g h t f o o t was advise.:,. Mr. r e tu r n e d to Canton June 11 th and upon exam in a tio n on J u n ^ x u T l f 7 l,l,l19^35, by D r . L. D. S t o n e r o f t h i s C i t y ana m y s e l f , we .advised Mr. t h a t we c o n c u r r e d w i t h Mayo' s s u g g e s t i o n , inasmuch as . s i ^ ^ ^ ^ e s e a r c h work on the l e f t f o o t amputated l a s t Summer showed t h a t t h e b l o o d v e s s e l s e s p e c i a l l y t h e m a m j ^ o n e s ^ ^ showed d e g e n e r a t i o n t o c o m p l e t e c l o s u r e . Vie t o l d Mr. tB B ttSr& K w t h a t we c o u ld n o t g u a r a n t e e t h a t t h i s would remedy h i l ^ ^ f O T ^ j a s i t was p o s s i b l e t h a t the t r o u b l e would occur in o t h e r p a r t s of th e boay inasmuch as h i s hands and arms and e n t i r e system seem to be affected. On J u n e 1 9 t h , 1935, I a m p u t a t e d h i s r i g h t lim b a b o u t f i v e t o s i x in c r.e s below t h e k n e e. The c i r c u l a t o r y system b e in g a s i t i s , t h e p a i n i s more s e v e r e t h a n in o r d i n a r y a m p u t a t i o n s and h e a l i n g i s d i f f i c u l t . D e g e n e ra tio n o f b lo o d v e s s e l s of t h i s f o o t i s the same as in the le f t foot. KE" 0016887 my o p i n i o n t h a t i t i s p o s s i b l e i f n o t p r o b a b l e t h a t h i s c o n d i t i o n ae t o l e a d p o i s o n i n g a s d i a g n o s e d i n t h e e a r l y s t a g e s by Ford > ital, ana o th e r s . I n my o p i n i o n ` r ' . : H p y p i i s t h e t y p e o f young man who d e s e r v e s a s s i s t s nee in h is ^iotal d i sab i l i ty and g r e a t handicap and I th in k h i s case c e r t a i n l y j u s t i f i e s re c o n s id e ra tio n by the I n d u s t r i a l Commission of Chio. Respectfully submitted, ( S i g n e d ) H. M. SCMJFFELL, M. D. HF 0016688