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V t June 20, 19^5 Dr. Joseph H. Globus Mount S in a i H o sp ita l 1 E ast 100 S tre e t New York (29) New York Dear D octor Globus: D r. Ormsbee, T echnical Aide of th e In s e c t C ontrol Com m ittee, B io lo g y Subcom m ittee, h as w r i t t e n me re g a rd in g your in te re s t id securing th e b rain s of anim als poisoned w ith DDT. We have in p ro g re s s an ex p erim en t in w hich DDT i s b e in g added to th e d i e t o f r a t a , b u t s in o e we hope to continue th is a t le a s t a year or more, the tis s u e s of th e s e an im als cannot be made a v a ila b le a t p r e s e n t. Should any d ie w ith in th e p eriod during which you"are continuing your work, I would be g lad to send you th e d e sire d tis s u e s . We have in th e la b o r a to r y a monkey w hich h as f o r some tim e ap p eared p o o rly n o u ris h e d , and o f w hich we w ish to d is p o s e . I t o c c u rs to me t h a t i t m ight be o f i n t e r e s t to a d m in is te r DDT in tr a v e n o u s ly to t h i s an im al in such a dosage as t o e l i c i t symptoms. We co uld th e n send you th e b ra in o f t h i s monkey. I f you f e e l th a t t h i s would be worth doing, d esp ite th e fa c t th a t th e anim al is not a h e a lth y o n e, w i l l you l e t me know w hich p o r tio n s o f th e n erv o u s system you d e s i r e and how you w ould l i k e t o have them p rese rv e d and se n t? Yours very tr u ly FFH:vr F ra n c is F. H e y ro th , M. D 0001389 O