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Gt -a i m :D j j p a h t m n t E.R-A l p e n S o c o n y -Va g u u m O i l , C o m p a n y IN CO RPO RA TED . 26 BROADWAY Xk w Yo r k .. March 9. IS ??. r ' ' *7 ' ' Dr. Robert- A, Kehoe U niversity of C incinnati C o lle g e'o f M edicine General H ospital C in c in n ati, Ohio. Bear Dr. Kehoe: The above employee was in our employment a s a s e rv ic e s t a t i o n salesm an from J u l y 1 J, 1933 to June 10, 193^* From June 10, 193^ to O ctober 1, 1935 he worked as an independent c o n tr a c to r in t h i s same g a s o lin e s t a t i o n . From O ctober 1 , 1935 to December 1, 1935 tie was s t i l l w orking in th is s ta tio n , but ag ain on an employee b a s i s . He was l a i d o f f on December 1, 1935* On F e b ru a ry 9 1937 he f i l e d claim a g a in s t u s a l l e g i n g t o t a l d i s a b i l i t y by reason of lead poisoning -causing- atrophy of o p tic nerves of both eyes. We a re c o n te s tin g t h i s c la im . A tta c h e d sue c o p ie s o f r e p o r ts o f D r. W. B. Burlingham and Dr. H arry M. Weed vdio both examined t h i s c la im a n t f o r u s in 1333 end 1935* The c laim an t h a s su b m itte d r e p o r t s o f Dr. A lan C. Wood, o f th e Jo h n Hopkins H o s p ita l, and D r. W. L. P h i l l i p s , o f B u ffa lo . We have n o t c o n ta c te d Dr. Thomas Tfelsh a n o th e r o f th e c l a i m a n t 's d o c to rs inasmuch a.s th e c la im a n t's b ro th e r i s a ls o a d o c to r and a s s o c ia te d w ith Dr. Walsh. We e.re u n a b le to sa y what m ight have d ev elo p ed a s f a r a s th e ethm oidol in f e c t i o n spoken o f by D r. Wood i s co n cern ed . He would a p p re c ia te re c e iv in g any su g g e stio n s o r comments you might have to o f f e r on th e m edical re p o rts a t hand, e s p e c ia lly t h a t o f D r. Wood.- . Thanking you f o r your co operation in t h i s m atter. Tery tru ly yours, viUM: AS Fnc. 0011334 7 WILLIAM LIWCH PHILLIPS ' M.L. . ,, . . . I J I Linwood Ayenue * * B u ffalo , N.Y. . , . Mr. B la tt: ' C 0 : p ; Y ' February 23rd , 19 3 7 . ' . Bear S ir: Mr. came t o me O ctober 15 th , 1935 c o m p la in in g o f n o t see in g a s "well as he d id when I examined h is eyes in p re v io u s y e a rs. H is eyes were always 20/20 o r normal in each eye sep arately , h u t a t th is tim e h i s v is io n was g re a tly -re d u c e d and he was o n ly a b le to see 20 / 50- th r e e l e t t e r s in the; r i g h t eye and in th e l e f t 20 / 20 0 , o r 1/ 10 o f norm al. G lasses d id n o t improve h i s v is io n . The o p tic n e rv e s when ta k e n on th e c h a r t, showed enlargem ent, whicn in d ic a te d some sy stem ic d is e a s e . I a d v is e d him to see some g e n e ra l p r a c titio n e r , in o rd e r to fin d th e cause, b u t th e y d id n o t seem to find the cause. "^ Thinking th a t i t might be tobacco because a l l other causes were e lim in a te d , I ad v ised him to sto p smoking, b u t t h i s d id n o t im prove him in any way, and was g la d to h e a r t h a t he fo u n d out i t was le a d p o iso n in g . - I w ill g la d ly h elp you f u r th e r on t h i s case, i f you wish, o n ly t r y and p u t i t o f f u n t i l two i n th e a fte rn o o n f o r I am to o busy i n my o f f i c e i n th e m orn in g s. rr- " . I remain, ' Yours tru ly , ' w. I . Philli-D S .> ,-;4. j -. Ki o&iism '!'