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lYJsjiJi Angus D. MacLean . - ' JAMESh.Pou,Jr ., J. L Emanuel ,' MacLean, Pou & Emanuel At t or neys and c o unsel or s at Law . ' S U IT E 8 0 4 LAW YERS BU ILD IN G ' Ra l eigh , N. C. ' 355 PhONES: ssb Septgab er 30, 1936. D r. R o b ert A. K ehoe,-: U n iversity of C in cin n ati, C in c in n a ti, Ohio. . Dear D r. Kehoe: .. . R e: S ta n d a r d O il Company o f Hew J e r s e y . I re c e iv e d your l e t t e r s of the 25th and 26th i n s t a n t , a n d n o t e t h a t , you do n o t deem i t a d v i s a b l e t o come h e r e f o r th e e x a m in a tio n o f p l a i n t i f f . I n o te a ls o y o u r s u g g e s tio n a s to Dr._ K e n n e th M. L ynch, w ith whom I am i n c o m m u n ic a tio n . . We h a d e x p e c te d t o m ake t h e e x a m in a tio n on F r i d a y o f th is week, but i t has been postponed by p l a i n t i f f 's a tto rn e y s u n til n ex t week on the statem en t th a t th ey propose to have P i t t under exam ination t h is week by d o c to rs in N o rfo lk , V a ., p ro b ab ly D r . W. B . M a r t i n a n d D r . F ra n k Redwood, th e l a t t e r a n e u r o l o g i s t , in company w ith ^ B M P ft.o cal p h y s ic ia n , D r. D avenport, of H e rtfo rd , N. C ., who h a s been t r e a t i n g him f o r two y e a r s o r m ore. A p p a ren tly , he i s u n d e rta k in g to b u ild up a m ed ical c a s e , an d - u r l a s t in f o r m a ti o n i s t h a t no l e a d may now b e f o u n d , b u t th a t Jib 'h a s developed m u ltip le s c le ro s is a ttr ib u ta b le to le a d p o i s o n i n g . On t h i s p o i n t , D r. N. F . Rodman, 316 M e d ic a l A r t s B u i l d i n g , N o r f o l k , Y a ., w i t h whom I t a l k e d l a s t week and who seem s to have a c o n s id e ra b le know ledge of th e s u b je c t, h as w r itte n me: nI t seems th a t b ro th e r has in terv iew ed D r. Red wood and from w hat D r. Redwood sa y s I im agine t h e i r a tta c k w i l l be a lo n g th e l i n e s t h a t th e man h a s d ev elo p ed m u ltip le s c le r o s is as a r e s u lt of le a d -p o iso n in g . There" has been som e: e v id e n c e r e c e n t l y to "show t h a t some c a s e s o f m u l t i p l e s c l e r o s i s h a v e jia d to x ic am ounts o f le a d and some a u th o r s b e l i e v e 't h a t le a d may p la y a p a r t in some c a se s o f m u ltip le s c le r o s is . O ther au th o rs however, deny th a t th e re i s enough ev id en ce to show any c a u sa l r e l a t i o n . " D r^ D a v e n p o rt w i l l t e s t i f y , as I u n d erstan d i t , th a t he d ia g n o s e d ^ B B B p c a se a s le a d p o is o n in g , t r e a te d him fo r i t , and g o t a s a t i s f a c t o r y r e s p o n s e t o t h a t t r e a t m e n t . He and D r. M a r tin w ill probably say 'th a tf l^ f c h a s developed m u ltip le s c le ro s is as a re s u lt o f lead poisoning, o r th a t th is is lik e ly . ?;v H~*'r -2' , I sh a ll be glad to have th e b e n e fit of any suggestions you may dean p e r t i n e n t a lo n g th is l i n e . I a ls o ta k e th e l i b e r t y o f se n d in g c o p ie s o f t h i s l e t t e r to D r. Lynch and to Mr. Edwin S . H all fo r th e ir g en eral inform ation. C o p ie s : D r. K e n n e th M. L ynch, M edical C ollege of S. C ., C h a rle s to n , S . C. M r. Edwin S . H a ll, 26 Broadway, New Y ork C i t y . 0011856 ' ;I-rX-