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" O ctob er 21, 1955 M r . M an fr ed Bow ditch - (2) - O ct o b e r 2 1, 1955 It is u n fortu n ate th at so lit t le is av ailab le , by w ay of "b efor e an d a ft e r " ph. gr O y f u '3 sit u a t io n in t h e le a d t r a d e s . In g e n e r a l, h o w e v e r , loath e to r e le a se su ch p h otograp h s, w h ich t r - g f& st - y ie l# *# b e ^ fo k ' 3n fco c o n c e r n e d t o g e t t h e jo b d on e to p r o v id e r g c o i*4 ft ift | # # tive 3. New Yor k City IT D ear M an fred : A s you m ay h ave su sp e ct e d fr o m th e fac t th at th e in fan t, w as in th e Ch ild ren '3 H o sp it al in Cin cin n ati, an d th at th e in form ation c o n c e r n in g th e c a u se o f t h e c h ild 1s d e at h c a m e c u t o f t h e H am ilt o n Cou n ty C oron er 's office, the rep ort of the cau se of h is death is tru e, I h ave no b r ie f fo r th e m an n er of the n ew spaper rep ortin g, but ob viou sly the coron er' s a c t s a r e open to p r e ss r e p o r t in g. (You p r o b ab ly know th at t h is La b o r a t o r y does th e path ologic an d toxicologic w ork of the C o r o n er of H am ilton County, v ia an agreem en t betw een th e U n iversity an d th e County o ffic ia ls, th rough certain st aff m em b ers as deputies to the Coron er, equivalen t to the M edical Exam in ersh ip of certain eastern coun ties or c it ie s.) Th e ch ild died on th e day of ad m issio n to the C h ild r en 's H osp ital, h avin g h ad con vu lsion s an d oth er evid en ces of en ceph alopath y. Th ere ar e som e don 't ab o u t t h e d ia g n o sis b e c a u se o f t h e e x ist e n c e o f a m in o r e p id e m ic of' v ir a l en cep h alitis in th e vicin ity o f h is h om e, but th e n e cr o p sy an d an aly sis of the t issu e s r eso lv ed the doubt. The liv e r , kidn ey and v e r t e b r a con tain ed, r e sp e c t iv e ly 5 .5 , 8 .0 an d 8 .0 m g. of le ad p e r 100 g r a m s. (Th e b r ain w as n ot s ection ed at on ce, an d alth ou gh it s a n a ly sis w ould p r o vid e u s w ith an oth er in terestin g datum , th is is not r eq u ir ed for p u rp oses of d iagn o sis.) Th ere is su fficien t eviden ce of an im m ed iately dan gerou s level of recen t ab sorp tion , and the n egative eviden ce, oth erw ise, se t tle s the issu e fo r all p r actical p u rp oses. ` *' Sin cerely y ou rs, Bobert A . Kehoe, M. D. RAK ef P . S. I h ave a n ote fr o m Jo e C o st e llo of Eth yl C o r p o r at io n (en clo sin g y ou r le t t e r an d copy of Lloyd H am lin ' s r e q u e st fo r p h otograp h s,) I un dertook som e tim e ago to obtain a sy st e m at ic co v e r age of t y p ical p r o ce d u r e s in th e m an u factu r e of tetr aeth y l le ad . Th e job h as n ot been com p leted , fo r a n u m b er o f r e a so n s, bu t if th e ph otograp h s w er e av ailab le , th ey w ould be of little valu e to H am lin , b ecau se of th e u n u su al c h ar a c t e r of th e p lan ts an d the exp osu r e. K 0014312