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L. E- CURTIS. M. O.
M ED ICA L D IRECT O R
225 BUS STREET SAN FRANCISCO 20. CALIFORNIA
A ugust U, I9 6 0
RICHARD DILLON. M. D.
R E G I O N A L . P H V Si C JA N
605 WEST OLYMPIC BOULEVARD LOS ANGELES 54. CALIFORNIA
R. A. Kehoe, M. D.
The K e tte rin g L ab o rato ry
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C ollege o f M edicine - Eden Avenue
C in c in n a ti 19, Ohio
Dear Dr. Kehoe: .
This m i l inform you t h a t Mr. L. R. H endricks i s b ein g dropped from th e group o f employees who were to p a r t i c i p a t e i n th e M ethyl Study and James M. W eathers i s being s u b s titu te d . Mr. P. 7. H ilto n i s a ls o being dropped.
I n c i d e n t a l l y , we have n o te d a t l e a s t one in s ta n c e where a sample was b ro k en i n t r a n s i t and l a t e r a r e p o r t came i n on t h i s same man. F o r my in fo rm a tio n .and t o a s s i s t me i n c o o p e ra tin g w ith you, would you p le a s e t e l l me w hether o r n o t you ask f o r a r e p e titio n o f th e sample when such breakage o c cu rs o r do you w ish me t o u n d e rta k e t h i s c h o re .
A lso , we have n o te d th e case o f
who
showed high le a d le v e l in th e u rin e b u t normal blood and th is
was assumed to be due to a co n tam in atio n , I su sp e c t t h i s i s
c o r r e c t , inasmuch a s he i s a S tan d a rd S ta tio n employee. How
ever, in the case of
we n o te t h a t b o th th e
b lo o d and u rin e te n d to =itre"'high. r He i s a ls o a S tan d ard
S t a t i o n em ployee, Do you b e lie v e we sh o u ld have re c h e c k s on
b o th o f th e se c ase s? In th e f u tu r e , any c ases xihere you f e e l
a rech eck i s in d ic a te d , w i l l you p le a se so n o tif y me.
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Very tru ly yours,
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L. E. CURTIS, M. D.
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