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December 26, 19^0
Mr. The Lowe B r o th e r s Company I12 I4. E a s t T h ir d S t r e e t D a y to n , O hio
D ear Mr. Peterm an*
H n cloaed you w i l l f in d a summary o f our f in d in g s on th e e x a m in a tio n s we made on you h e r e . T here I s n o th in g in them t o c a u s e you undue a la rm , b u t I t w ould be w ise fo r you t o f o llo w th e recom m endations made as th e y a re p u r e ly in th e i n t e r e s t of your h e a lth . I th in k no s p e c ia l treatm ent is n ecessa ry i f you c a rry out th e se recom m endations
I f you have any q u estio n s about the in form ation do n o t h o s i t a t e t o w r i t e u s a s we w i l l b e g l a d t o a n sw e r them *
S in cerely yours,
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TSta. F . A s h e , M .D.
December 26 , 19 I4.G
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O ccupations
R eg u la r em p loye The Lowe B r o th e r s
Company, D ayton , O hio.
In th e M ixing D epartm ent o f th
P a in t P lant fo r th e p a st 17 years*
G eneral m ed ical h is to r y w ith s p e c if ic q u estio n in g a s to symptom s o f i l l n e s s , o c c u p a tio n a l or o t h e r w is e , r e v e a ls the fo llo w in g :
1 . O c c a s i o n a l h e a d a c h e s f o r t h e p a s t if. y e a r s *
2 . S lib h t d iz z in e s s and lig h th e a d e d n e sa In the m orning for 2 years*
'* " 1I d d e g r e e of c o n s t i p a t i o n .
h. Low g r a d e a b d o m in a l d i s c o m f o r t f o r t h e p a s t 2 m o n th s .
I b y s ic a l exam in ation r e v e a ls th e fo llo w in g a b n o rm a lities:
1 . T em perature somewhat subnorm al.
2 . The t e e t h a r e d eca y ed and th e r e i s p y o r r h e a .
3* T h ere i s a v e r y s l i g h t c u r v a tu r e o f f e e s p in e w h ich i s o f lo n g sta n d in g and d o ss n o t produ ce any sym ptom s.
L ab oratory d a ta (u r in e and b lo o d a n a ly s e s , and c h e s t x -r a y ) were norm al e x ce p t fo r the fo llo w in g :
1 . The am ount o f le a d in th e u r in e i s abnorm al, but n o t dan gerou sly s o .
2 . The am ount o f le a d in th e b lo o d i s s l i g h t l y in crea sed .
C o n c lu sio n s and R ecom m endations
T ills man i s In f a i r l y good h e a lt h o u t h a s a few sym ptom s, s ig n s and la b o r a to r y d a ta w hich in d ic a te th a t th e amount o f le a d w hich h e h a s a b so rb ed from h is work i s to o h ig h . fe su g g e st th a t he be more c a r e fu l about th e amount o f le a d c o n ta in in g d u st w hich he b r e a th e s d u rin g h is w orking h ou rs and p r o te c ts h im s e lf a g a in s t e a tin g sm a ll am ounts o f le a d compounds by c a r e fu lly
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