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c 0 M M O ^ EA LT H " P E^ s y .VAN^ DEPARTMENT O F LABOR AND INDUSTRY H AR RISBU RS Ilovember J , 1932. D r. H obert A. Xehoe, C ollege o f M edicine, C in c in n a ti, Ohio. liy d e a r D r. Eehoe: ' _ I had hoped to ta lk to you personally a fte r hearing your paper in W ashington on O ctober 2^+ b u t was u n a b le to do s o . We h a v e a problem here in Pennsylvania on which I should lik e to have your help i f you fe e l you can h e lp me so lv e i t . A number o f p la n ts having a le a d h azard a re becoming in te r e s te d in s e c u rin g the s e rv ic e s o f a p h y s ic ia n to make p e r io d ic exam inations o f t h e i r em ployes. Most o f th e s e p h y s ic ia n s a re men i n g e n e r a l p r a c t i c e who have had no s p e c i a l t r a i n i n g o r e x p e rie n c e w ith l e a d p o is o n in g . I sh o u ld l i k e t o be i n a p o s itio n to give th e se p h y sician s a few sim ple su ggestions w ith re g a rd to th method o f c o v e rin g t h e i r w ork. I f p o s s i b l e , I sh o u ld l i k e to g iv e them some f a i r l y d e f i n i t e s u g g e s tio n s a s t o how o f te n a b lo o d e x am in atio n sh o u ld be made, say in a storage b a tte ry p la n t; what blood o r other fin d in g s should c a ll fo r a , t r a n s f e r o f a. w orker to a l e s s h a z a rd o u s l o c a t i o n i n th e p la n t o r t o a d is c h a rg e tem porary or perm anent; ardwhat fin d in g s should c a ll fo r activ e treatm ent end what i n y o u r o p in io n i s th e b e s t tre a tm e n t. Was I c o r r e c t i n th e im p re ssio n I r e c e iv e d from you and Dr. G-ehrmann t h a t d e le a d in g i s n o t a d e s ir a b le p ro cedure? I f t h a t is th e c a s e do you make any e f f o r t to keep th e le a d c o n s ta n tly i n th e b o n e s, o r do you p e rm it d e le a d in g to ta k e p la c e g r a d u a lly w ith o u t any treatm ent? D r, W ir ts c h a f te r to ld me tha,t you have i n p r e p a r a tio n a book which w i l l appear s h o r tly . Maybe I can f i n d answ ers to a l l my q u e s tio n s i n t h a t volum e. I f so , w ill you t e l l me when i t w i l l be a v a il a b le and where i t may be procured? I am A ppreciating your continued cooperation w ith th is Department, Very tr u ly y o u rs, 3B:AF i lzab eth B. B ric k e r , M.D. C hief, Hygiene and S a n ita tio n S e c tio n . KET 002003?