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Sept ember 25, 1930 Edi t or , Jour . Amer * Med. Assn. , 535 Nor t h Dear bor n St r eet , Chi cago, 111* At t ent i on: RHS Dear Si r s I have r ecei ved my manuscr i pt whi ch you r e t ur ned wi t h your l et t er of Sept ember 20. I am not sur pr i sed t hat t he Jour nal was unabl e t o make us of t he ar t i cl e f or I doubt ed t he sui t abi l i t y of t he mat er i al f or your pur poses* I wr i t e you t her ef or e not concer ni ng t hat mat t er , but r at her because I am some what i nt r i gued by your r emar k t hat " The concl usi ons dr awn woul d seem t o go somewhat beyond t he evi dence* " The amount of avai l abl e dat a i s of such a sor t t hat I coul d not but r egar d my concl usi ons as bei ng de ci dedl y conser vat i ve. I t occur s t o me t her ef or e, i f I di d not make compar at i vel y cl ear t o you t he Val i di t y of t hese concl usi ons t her e must be somet hi ng wr ong wi t h my met hod of pr esent at i on. I ei t her achi eved t o much br evi t y or t oo l i t t l e cl ar i t y. Recogni zi ng t hat t he magni t ude of t he wor k whi ch you ar e r equi r ed t o do woul d scar cel y per mi t of your maki ng det ai l ed cr i t i ci sms ei t her I n your or i gi nal l et t er or subsequent l y, I do not f eel t hat I can ask f or any f ur t her expl anat i on of your st at ement . May I suggest t her ef or e, t hat i f and when you r evi ew my ar t i cl e on I t s appear ance el sewher e t hat you avai l your sel f of t hat oppor t uni t y t o make somewhat mor e speci f i c cr i t i ci sm t han you have of f er ed i n your l et t er . Ver y t r ul y your s, RAXj EJ HE 0015367