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IE "pfv FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE /. DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY Rood SS 617, Dec ember 16, 19 7.1 Director, Kettering Laboratory* University of Cincinnati, Eden and Bethesda Avenues*, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219 Dear Sirs According to S.C. Gilfillan, in his article "Dead Poisoning and The Pall of Rome11 (J. of Occupational Medicine, Vol.7, 1965, p.57), he submitted a number of Roman skeletons to your laboratory sometime prior to 1965 to have their lead content assessed. My own research involves a similar study, however 1 do not concur with his conclusions. Z would appreciate receiving a complete report on your findings. I desire to know whether any of the tests indicate plumbism, the -age and sex of the skeletons if they were subjected to an osteological analysis, whether C14 tests were conducted, and any data provided by Gilfillan on the scarce of thesC skeletons and the conditions of their burial. If he has' submitted any more samples since 1965, the same information would be appreciated. KE" 001539 David R. Elliott Student