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November 9 , 1937 D r, C, R, Wilcox 712 L aurel S tre e t Jacksonville* F lorida Re: George Turner Dear Doctor: W ilcox: The su sp e c te d I lln e s s of t h i s employe Is o f more than u s u a l im portance In re la tio n to the p o s s ib ility of lead exposure in tank cleaning operations of the type described in the Jacksonville instance* I have a t hand the co m p lete^ ^ ^ record of Dr, K itz m ille r's exam ination of M r , V H I H b th e a n a l y t i c a l d a ta o b ta in e d on him , and v a rio u s o th e r records g iv in g the h is to ry of the in c id e n t, I have the utm ost confidence in the judgment o f Dr, K ifcam iller o ho , as you p ro b a b ly know* has b een a s s o c ia te d w ith me in t h i s work fo r a long time* I t seems im probable, th e re fo re , ithat ^ H |^ B h a d any serio u s illn e s s as a consequence o f l e a a a o l o r p t i o n * On th e o th e r hand our experience w ith th is problem is such th a t none of u s who have se e n c a s e s o f s u s p e c te d le a d a b s o rp tio n of th is type can be e n tire ly c e rta in of the sig n ific a n c e of our c l i n i c a l o b s e rv a tio n s . D r, K itz m ille r would n o t be to o c e r t a i n , t h e r e f o r e , and I am in th e q u ee r p o s i t i o n of being le s s c e r ta in by one d eg ree than Is even h e , s in c e I 14 n o t have an o p p o r tu n ity to see th e c a s e . Our le a d d e te rm in a tio n s on th is p a t ie n t were a l i t t l e b i t ambiguous and are c e r ta in ly n o t co n clu siv e evidence o f any le a d a b s o rp tio n on h i s p a r t . Under th e circum sta n c e s which e x is te d , I did not lik e to I n i t i a t e any f u r th e r in v e s tig a tio n in to th e problem , b u t I do r a is e the q u estio n w ith you and I would a p p re c ia te I t v ery much i f you would g iv e me th e f u l l e s t in f o rm a tio n w hich you may h a v e , o r which you can o b ta in on t h i s p a t i e n t , I take i t from th e f a c t th a t you d id not o b ta in samples in th e c o n ta in e rs which were s e n t y o \^ th a t i t was not p o s s ib le fb r you to g e t ah o ld o f Mr, ^ ( f c f o r t k i s purp o se, I wonder i f i t would be f e a s ib le f o r you to see him a t your reaso n ab ly e a rly convenience and fin d out what h is p re se n t s ta tu s la , and I wonder a lso i f you co u ld jle t me have some f u r t h e r in fo rm a tio n ab o u t what h a s happened t o him s in c e we l a s t h e a rd from him . RE" 002 1 1 3 1 D r. Wilcox I do n o t lik e to ag ain r a is e the question of the n atu re of th is manfs ill n e s s , but I t Is of th e g re a te s t Im portance th a t know, as c e rta in ly as p o s s i b l e , w h eth e r th e r e was o r was n o t some f a c t o r , be i t la rg e or sm all, of lead absorption In connection w ith h is illn e s s . I b eliev e th is could be determ ined w ith reaso n ab le s a tis f a c tio n by knowing th e c l i n i c a l developm ents In h is case s in c e th e tim e h e was se e n by D r. K i t z m l l l e r . I f you c o u ld o b lig e me by g iv in g me any Inform ation th a t you have, or i f you could, w ithout too g r e a t e f f o r t , o b ta in somewhat more in fo rm a tio n , I should re g a rd i t as th e g r e a t e s t c o u r te s y on your p a r t . For your convenience in th is m a tte r, I enclose a s e lf ad d ressed , stamped env elo p e. Moreover i f you w ish i t , I s h a l l r e g a r d any in fo rm a tio n w hich you can g iv e me in the s t r i c t e s t confidence. C ordially yours, RAKjis R o b e r l,7 K ehoe, '0 5 . 0021132