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March 23, 1946
Dr. F. william Iundo m a n , 7ol Maloney Building, Hospital of the University of Pennsy1vanla,
Philadelphia 4 , Pennsylvania .
Dear Dr . Sundem a n :
I am sending you herevith the report of the analytical results on the urine and blood of Caesare Pont!. From these results one would conclude that this man has had no recent significant lead exposure. You will remember the reservation tendered in my letter of Kerch 18 concerning the adequacy of the sample of urine. Under the circumstances I have some doubt as to the significance of this result. However, if it can be taken to be acceptable, one can only say that the results are now vithin normal limits.
If you will refe to ou. analy ical results of February 19 on
samples obtained on I ebruary 1, you will recognize that, there
a difference, the difference might }be insignifiean.
inci
denta in the case of the urine the diiference between the
present result s on the blood and those of an earlier date are
significant . In fact the diminution is in keeping with vha t I
might expec t if this man had had some slight lead exposure prie
to the date of the first samples and none since that date. In
other words I should interpret this as being the normal decree*
In the rate of urinary lead excretidn, and mom.- particularly Lh
normal drop in the blood lead concentration following the comp
cessation of occupational lead exposure.
Cordially yours,
fAK ef Inc.
Robert A. Kehoe, K. D.
P. S. Since dictating the above letter I have received your note of March 20 and presume that ve may accept the sample referred to above,as satisfactory.
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Samples Oi urine and M o o d received from Dr. Sunaerm&n, 701 Maloney Building Hospital of Univarsity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (I4.}, Pennsylvania
Urine
Analysis Number i{*A-Sl2
Volume
100 ml.
Mg. P o / L it e r
* G.0 5
Sp. Or.
1.02
Blood
Analysis Hurnbor - A - 15
v*cxgn t
= 21.0 grams
. Pb/lQG .'* Mg. Pb/100 g.
- .GAO (spectrograph ic 5 * 0.050 (aithizonc}
KZ 0
Samples Collected: p-*9-i4- Samples Received: 3~l5-lp Samples Reported: 3-20-ij.