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Se p t e m b e r 29 191+0 Mr. S . P . W lsa T id e W ater A s so c i a t e d O il Company Tide W ater D iv isio n 6000 P en n in gton Avenue B a l t i m o r e , Md. Dear Mr. V/ise: Your l e t t e r o f Sep tem b er 2 3 rd ad d r e sse d to Dr. Sch r ad in p r o b ab ly cr o sse d in th e m ail a l e t t e r w h ich I h ad w r it t e n to D r. Rubin e con cern in g th e p r o b ab le sp eed o f r e co v e r y o f y o u r e m p lo y e e s. As I i n d i c a t e d t o D r . R u b in e , i t t a k e s some t im e t o d i sp o s e o f t h e r a t h e r l a r g e q u a n t it ie s o f le a d w h ich ar e ab so r b e d u n der th e c o n d it io n s o f e x p o su r e t o w h ich t h e se men w ere su b je c t e d . Our e x p e r ie n c e h as in d ic a t e d t h a t th e men do n o t r e t u r n t o n or m al h e a l t h u n t i l t h e y h ave elim in ated a con sid erab le prop ortion o f th e lead w h ich t h e y h ave a b so r b e d . T h is u s u a l l y t a k e s some w eeks or m on th s, b u t d u r in g t h i s tim e i t i s n ot n e c e ssa r y t h a t t h e men be e n t i r e l y i d l e . Th ey sh o u ld b e r e t u r n e d t o t h e i r o c c u p a t i o n a a3 30 0 11 a s th ey fe e l lik e w orkin g, an d th ey sh ou ld be a ssu r e d th at they w ill recover com pletely b u t th at i t i s n ot exp ected t h a t th ey do more th an th ey fe e l lik e d o in g. I t I s o f some I m p o r t a n c e t h a t t h e y sh o u ld n o t becom e u n d u ly fa t ig u e d sin c e t h e y w i l l f e e l much w o r se , an d t h i s w i l l d i sc o u r a g e th em . On t h e o t h e r h an d men who a r e w il l in g t o do w h at t h e y can do an d make an h o n e st attem p t to g e t b ack in t o t h e ir work a s soon a s p o ssib le , f e e l b e t t e r f o r i t an d we b e l i e v e t h e y r e c o v e r m ore r a p id ly . In any case th ey sh ou ld n ot h ave any undue a n x i e t y c o n c e r n in g t h e i r r e c o v e r y . On t h i s l a t t e r p o i n t , w h ich , p e r h a p s, I d id n o t s t r e s s in my 3s t t e r t o D r. R u b in e, I t i s w orth whi-'e to m en tion to th em t h e f a c t t h a t o t h e r men h ave b e e n p o iso n e d In t h e sam e way t h a t t h e y h a v e , an d t h a t a l l o f t h e se p e r so n s h ave r e c o v e r e d c o m p le t e ly w it h o u t an y r e s i d u a l dam age or illn e ss. K ^ 0021136 2 I w ish to tak e t h is o p p o r t u n it y to th an k you and you r a sso c ia t e s fo r th e c o u r t e sy and c o o p e r a t io n w h ich you h av e shown t o D r . Sc h r a d in in con n ection w ith t h is u n fo r tu n ate a f f a i r . Sin cer ely y ou rs, R A - :is R o b e r t A. Kah oe, M.D. KE" 0021137