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.-.- i, y & i- l-'- i '; '- - '. anuarr.10* 1939 D r, P a u l B* Kewcomb D efiance ' Ohio .. "' .. ' . - ' ' Deapi P auli-* I have ju s t seen today a man named uho has a p o ly n e u ritis of lo n g s ta n d in g and who was s e n t to me b y th e In d u s t r i a l Commission o f Ohio f o r an o p in io n as to w hether or not h is p resen t co n d itio n is due to h is occupation* and s p e c ia lly w hether o r not i t was due to le a d a b s o rp tio n * On th e h i s t o r y o f ex p o su re and from th e c o u rs e o f h i s d i s e a s e , X am d is p o s e d to d o u b t t h a t le a d i s in any way co n cern ed w ith M s I l l n e s s , and a t th is tim e i t would sc a rc e ly be expected th a t a stigm a o f le a d a b so rp tio n would appear* C onsequently 1 am bound to b a se my o p in io n c h i e f l y on th e oc cupa- t l o n a l h i s t o r y u n le s s I can o b ta in some O th er evidence* t e l l s me t h a t you saw him d u rin g an e a r l i e r p e r io d o f h i s i l l n e s s and t h a t you s e n t him to Arm A rbor f o r s tu d y . I w ould H ire v e ry much to know W hether any c l i n i c a l evidence o f le a d a b s o rp tio n was found e ith e r by you d r by th e p e o p le who, saw him a t Ann ATbor, I would a p p re c ia te v ery such a n y /in fo rm a tio n th a t you can g iv e me f o r I s h a l l be v e ry g la d to g iv e t h i s man the b e n e fit o f any doubt in r e la tio n to In d u s tria l com pensation* ~ > As you p ro b a b ly know* le a d exposure- among g arag e .m ech an ics..is n o t v e ry g r e a t , I have never seen a cade of lead poisoning in a garage m echanic ex cep t a s i t was. a s s o c ia te d w ith work on s to ra g e b a t t e r i e s o r u h le s s - th e r e was a n unusual:-.-amount o f o a r - body work in v o lv in g ,/ex ten siv e so ld e rin g -.o p e ra tio n s and p a in t jobs* This manigave no h is to r y o f any unusual a c tiv itie s as a garage mechanic* although he d id la y some s t r e s s on th e us o f le a d e d g a s o lin e f o r .w ashing p a rts* The le a d exposure in v o lv ed in s c h 'operations , la so u tte r l y n e g lig ib le th a t i t is not conceivable th a t lead poisoning could, have developed th erefro m . a D espite a l l th is neg ativ e evidence* i f 1 could fin d some a c c e p ta b le c l i n i c a l b a s i s f o r th e b e l i e f t h a t he absorbed s ig n if ic a n t q u a n titie s of le a d , I, would be pleased to c a ll a tte n tio n to i t as a b asis fo r some e o n p e n a ti'on to -h im . r e g a r d s , I am .With k in d e st, p erso n a l S in c e re ly y o u rs , HAStis Robert:''7A* feehoe, rM.S, \ i 'c