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R O B E R T L. B R O O E R l C l i KENNETH J. SCH U ESSLER JAMES R PARHAM J O S E P H R. L O W E R Y W. T H O M A S C O G H I L L , J R . J O H N T. P I E R C E . J R. THOMAS W. ALVEY. JR. C. G L E N N S T E V E N S K A R L D. D E X H E I M E R R O B E R T M. B R I A N . J R . OF C O U N S E L R O B E R T K. H E l N E M A N LAW O F F IC E S POPE AND DRIEMEYER F IR S T N A T IO N A L B A N K B U ILD IN G EAST ST. LOUIS, ILLINOIS 62201 M arch 17, 1971 c l a r e n c e e . po pe 1 0 ! 7-1 9 0 HENRY DRIEMEYER I 91 7. I 9 6 3 TELEPHONE: 271-4635 39Q.I 462 AREA CO D E 61 9 M r. Ben Boxerman, Attorney at Law 1324 Chem ical Building 721 Olive S treet St. L ouis, M issouri 63101 Re: Andrew Latchison v. National Lead Company Illinois Industrial C om m ission - O. D. 9861 Dear Mr. Boxerman: National Lead Company has arranged for Mr. Andrew Latchison to be adm itted to the Cincinnati G eneral H ospital on B urnet Avenue and Good man S treet, Cincinnati, Ohio under the care of D r. R ichard V ilter, D irector of the D epartm ent of Internal ?ledicine. U niversity of Cincinnati and Dr. R obert A. Kehoe. P ro fe ss o r E m eritus of Occupational Medicine, U niversity of Cincinnati. A m edical diagnosis will be made by these men who a re considered to be outstanding experts in the field of occupational medicine. This offer is made in order to be certain that the previous diagnosis as made by the V eterans A dm inistration and D r. Bryan is c o rre c t and if so, fu rth e r treatm ent will be offered and if the diagnosis is incorrect and another given, determ ination of the proper treatm ent can then be prescribed. It has been proposed that M r. Latchison be admitted! effective today but obviously other arrangem ents will have to be made. I have called your office repeatedly since la st F riday and have not been able to get in touch with you. P lease contact Mr. Latchison Immediately and determ ine what may be req u ired in o rd e r to tran sp o rt him to the hospital. Obviously new arran g e ments will have to be made for adm ission in the hospital some tim e the middle of next week. Air reserv atio n s o r train reservations will have to be obtained and estim ates made of Mr. Latchison's expenses so the necessary arran g e ments can be made, tickets purchased and expenses advanced to Mr. Latchison to make the trip . Please let me hear from you immediately. Yours very truly, POPE AND DRIEMEYER KJS:k / cc: Robert A. Kehoe, M .D. M r. D. E. Kestenbaum By ' ' - N 24992