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Ju n e 1, 1955 M r. H en ry N. Doyle, Ch ief O ccu pation al H ealth P r o gr am D epartm en t of H ealth , Ed u cation , an d W elfare ii P u b lic H e alt h Se r v i c e W ash in gton 25, D, C, R e : SH S- O H -C Dear Henry: Th e ty p e.o f ph otograph s w h ich you h ave been attem p tin g to obtain a r e few an d fa r b etw een . C a se s of le a d an d m e r c u r y p oison in g r a r e ly len d t h e m se lv e s to ph otograph y. Sp e cific le sio n s, su ch a s gin gival "le ad lin e s, " X- r a y lin e s in c e r t a in b on es of ch ild r e n , blood film s, an d m e r c u r ia l stom atitis m ay be ph otograph ed by the en th u siastic collector of m ate r ial for teach in g - the fir st and th e la st of th ese a r e illu st r at e d sa t isfa c t o r ily only by co lo r ph otograph y - but few p eople fin d o r tak e tim e fo r su ch th in gs. Th e b e st m at e r ial of th is type of w h ich I th in k at on ce is th at of D r . H edw ig Ku h n 's on e y e in ju r ie s an d l e s i o n s . T h e se a r e w e ll d on e in color *, an d t h e y a r e v e r y dram atic... an d a s you m u st be aw ar e , sh e h as u se d t h is m a t e r ia l effect iv ely in a cam p aign w h ich sh e h as con du cted fo r y e a r s aga in st fau lty p r o ced u r es in in d u st r y , and even in th e h om e. We h ave a m ovie o f se v e r a l p at ie n t s w ith t e t r ae t h y l le ad en ceph alopath y, but st ill ph on ograph s w ou ld sh ow n oth in g, an d t h is w ou ld b e t r u e of oth er ty p es of lead en ceph alopath y, a s, fo r exam p le, th at of ch ild ren w h ich r e p r e se n t the o n ly t y p e o f le a d e n c e p h alo p at h y -which i s se e n fr e q u e n t ly in t h e se d a y s. It is qu ite im p o ssib le to p o r tr ay th e b eh avior excep t by m otion p ict u r e s, w h ile the r e su lt s of su r ge r y (buri^m ? C r an io tom y } a r e n ot sp e cifically illu st r at iv e . P a r a ly se s due to lead a r e qu ite r a r e in th ese d ay s. I h ave th ough t th at w e sh ou ld c o lle ct illu st r a t iv e m a t e r ia l sy st e m at ic ally , but we h ave n ot in stitu ted a p r o gr am of th at type a s yet, fo r the cir cu m stan ce s u n der w h ich we fin d su itab le m a t e r ia l a r e v ar iab le , e r r a t ic an d p o or ly con ducive to sy stem atic attack . Sin cerely y ou rs, RAK ef Robert A. Kehoe, M. D.