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January 21, 1954 M r. Zola D. Jacobs Superintendent of Schools Findlay City Schools F indlay, Ohio D ear M r. Jacobs: 'H I am so rry that it has not been p o ssib le to reply e a r lie r to your letter o f D e c e m b e r 2 9 . I w a s ou t o f tow n w hen it c a m e , h o w e v e r , and s in c e m y return I've been unable to get at m ore than the m o st urgent item s of the day's w ork and of corresp on d en ce. I have co n sid ered the incident d escrib ed in your le tte r and the illn e s s of the custodian in that relation sh ip , and have ask ed one of m y a sso cia te s to co m m en t on the m a tter out o f h is e x te n siv e know ledge of the je c t. We th in k it q u ite u n lik e ly th at th e i l l n e s s had a n y r e la t io n ship tq th e u s e o f th e s p r a y . C e r ta in ly M eth o x y c h lo r i s r e g a r d e d a s one of the Least dan gerous, p oten tially, of the in se cticid a l m a ter ia ls, being even le s s to x ic than D D T. The oth er in g red ien ts o f the sp ra y have been u sed ex't e n s iv e ly and w ould not b e e x p e c te d to g iv e r i s e to h a r m . The Alieth r ins, for exam p le, have been u sed in such sp rays after approval by gov ern m en tal a u th o r itie s . Of c o u r se , th ere are few su b stan ces that a re not capable of causing b iza rre a lle r g ic resp o n ses on the part of certa in highly su scep tib le p erso n s, but the exposure in th is instance seem s to have been very sligh t, and the p rob ab ilities a re again st this interp retation of the situation. I should think it m uch m ore lik ely that the u se of the spray was coincident with the onset of an upper resp ira to ry infection or viral d ise a se , and that th is coincidence gave the appearance of a cause and effect relationship. D octor W iseley could, of co u rse, te s t the reaction of the custodian's sen sitiv ity tc the m aterial by b rief and cautious application of a sm all quantity o f the diluted m ateria l to the m ucous m em brane of h is throat, observin g the outcom e carefu lly. He m ay not con sid er this either n ecessa ry or w ise, but such te sts of "sensitivity" have been made by others at tim es, and have som etim es been helpful. C ordially yours, Robert A. Kehoe, M. D. N 6084 Vi,-;/' luxM. .0! FINDLAY CITY SCHOOLS FINDLAY, OHIO 6CXXJMNKKX SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS December 29, 1953 f / _t A '. d-tK D r. R obert Kehoe School o f M edicine U n iversity of C incinnati C in c in n a ti, Ohio Dear Dr. Kehoe: , A cu stod ian in one o f our sch o o ls was a ffe c te d w ith sore th ro a t, ir r ita tio n o f the n ose, and fev er im m ediately a fte r u s in g f l y sp ra y . He i s a p a t ie n t o f Dr. Frank M. W ise le y , and in exploring a l l p o ssib le causes fo r the il ln e s s , Dr. W iseley has s u g g e ste d th a t we w r it e t o you t o d eterm ine w hether or n o t th e f l y spray might be th e cause o f the i l l n e s s . This cu sto d ia n on th e day he became i l l had Sprayed two t o i l e t rooms g iv in g two o r th r e e ^ sq u irts' a t each Window. I t to o k no more than th r e e or fo u r m in u te s . He th en went d o w n sta irs to e a t h is lunch and a lrea d y h is th ro a t had become so so re he could b a rely swallow and he n o ticed an ir r ita tio n o f the nose. A ls o , th e r e was in d ic a t io n th a t he had some tem p eratu re. The fe v e r la ste d four days and h is speech is s t i l l a ffe c te d by a slig h t p aralysis. The f l y sp ra y we a r e u s in g i s "Done Died" and i s m anufactured by the Huntington L ab oratories, I n c ., o f H untington, Indiana. According to the la b e l, i t contains the fo llo w in g ingredients: . .i A ctive In gred ien ts 100^-Petroleum D is t illa t e ,j N -octyl B icycloheptene D icarboxim ide, T echnical M ethoxychlor*, A lle th r in ( A lly l Homolog o f C in e r in /l) *C on sists o f 2 ,2 b is (P-methoxphenyl) 1 ,1 , 1-jTrichloroethan e and oth er Isomers and R eaction P rdducts. We a r e in t e r e s t e d in knowing i f any o f th e s e .in g r e d ie n ts or cokabination o f in g re d ien ts could cause th is i l l n e s s . A rep ort from you w i l l be g e n u in e ly a p p r e c ia te d b y us a s we 11 a s Dr. Wis e l e y . N 6084.01 Very tr u ly yours, ZDJ:f & fola D. Jacobs (/ uperintendent of Schools % *AXker}*ctrr 'Uigu*.iUcL' O-a A--t 0001914 I ^ * - ejL^ Mr& A**Jp r'? ? ^? en*`_ ^ ^ ? 4 i*'' ^--^C- ^ c u c l u ^ a C^e^ - < ^ 6 ^ - ^ c . Ckv^- r r p g jk z : a ^ A . <OS*J^ J X J L ^ j X t ^ W -& & C - X * i - ^ 4 <>Cye**>vx4Lt^ 'S - C* ^ * . a - ^ ^ ^ C L M ^ t T ( JT * Lc eT^ r t W g & ljL^ e t ^ JX Cj S , lt(jyj*>fr% S l & ^ b /v c - t ^ % X i- V w JSL ^ a A E L Cm*--vw.*-v\. b " ^ L 6 W 4 ->t l 1 - jf AJJ_ A ^ ^ X 'y^pUd, o n < g _ l - t*_ -Xs ^ L - C 'X* - ^ . T &- tg ^ 0-*l C ^ \&*XA>. . -^ E ^ x ^ ^ i* * ^ HT n* ^ ' CT ^ T & 4 tW ^ . i . . J" . ' . I * <. - . L> '0001915