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D e c e m b e r 26, 1956 D r. W. P . P elz 1504 E a st C lark S tree t C h a rle s C ity, Iowa D ear D octor P elz: I am s o rry hot to have had tim e to w rite to you so o n er. H aving been h ard p re sse d fo r tim e, m y correspondence has languished. C onsidering the m odesty of your re q u e st fo r te tra e th y l lead , I should be d isp o sed to a sk the p ro p e r people in the D etro it L a b o ra to rie s of E thyl C o rp o ra tio n to send it to you. On th e o th e r hand, sin ce th e com pound is d a n g ero u s, it see m s only a n e c e s s a ry p recau tio n to find out fro m you, in g e n e ra l te rm s , w hat you w ish to do. If th e re is som e o th e r b e tte r m a te ria l fo r the sam e p u rp o se, you w ould be w ise to u se it. I feel apologetic when 1 question the purpose and techniques of a physician, but the fa c t of the m a tte r is th at th e re have been so m any re q u e sts fo r te tra e th y l lead th at have been w holly u n ju stified , and such a nu m b er that have been based on an e n tire ly fa lse idea of the n a tu re , p ro p e rtie s, and u sefu ln ess of te tra eth y l lead fo r m ed ical p u rp o se s, th at I have had to sc re e n them . W ould you m ind giving m e a b rie f a cc o u n t of y o u r p ro p o se d w o rk ? If I can give you any su g g estio n , I sh a ll be glad to do so, and m o re o v e r, if I can le a rn som ething from your w ork, I shall be delighted. W hen the sam p le is s e n t to you, you w ill a lso re c e iv e so m e in stru c tio n s and you w ill be ask ed to sig n a re le a s e . T hese a re ro u tin e p ro c e d u re s w hich we set up y e ars ago and w ill continue. S incerely yours, RAK ef D ictated but not read. R obert A. Kehoe, M . D. 0009329