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ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSEE* THE GENERALi/ lJPERINT^NDENT" PLEASE QUOTE REFERENCE No. 7 I OliCTlbAL RESEARCH UKIT ............................... ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL .V . ! MISSENDEN ROAD CAMPERDOWN. N.S.W. j TELEPHONE: LA 0444 Ext.. I j 3r d Au g u s t , 19 5 0 Dear Dr* Kehoe* , I am v e r y s o r r y i n d e e d t h a t I o v e r l o o k e d w r i t i n g t o yo u w h i l e I w as i n th e S t a t e s . I do n o t know how t h i s came abo u t b u t c l e a r l y i t d id * D r . K e i t h F a i r l e y v e r y k i n d l y s e n t me p o r t i o n o f yo u r r e c e n t l e t t e r to him and drew my a t t e n t i o n to th e f a c t t h a t I had n o t l e t yo u know t h a t I was u n a b le t o come o u t t o C i n c i n n a t i , a s h ad b e e n s u g g e s t e d . I can a s s u r e yo u th a t I n e ve r f e l t th a t I had be e n d e a lt w ith "in a somewhat a r b i tr a r y an d c a v a l i e r m an n e r"* I s e n t yo u a c l i n i c a l r e p o r t o f t h e tw o p a t i e n t s I tre a te d w ith B.A.L. fo llo w in g exposure to T.E.L. fo r your opin ion a s th e y w ere th e o n ly two p a t i e n t s th a t I had s e e n . I f e l t , a s I a lw a ys do th a t c l i n i c a l im p re s s io n s are more th a n u n r e lia b le * I was p le a s e d to h ave yo u r comments and d e c id e d th e n and th e r e th a t th e ca s e r e p o r t s w ere n o t w o rth p u b lic a tio n . Qu ite ap art from th e f a c t th a t B .A .L. p ro bably i n no was in flu e n ce d th e ir c li n ic a l course I had no data on le a d e xcre tio n e t c . to make th e s e c a s e s w o rth r e p o r t i n g m e r e ly t o ad d t o th e g e n e r a l lite r a tu r e on the s u b je c t. W hilst at Pre sbyte rian H o spital I had discu ssed the paper w ith D r. A Gilm an and, as I th in k I m en tio n ed b e fo r e , he s u gg e s te d I g e t in to u ch w ith yo u . D urin g my s ta y a t P & S th e re were a co u p le o f d is c u s s io n s regardin g th e d e s ir a b ility or u n d e s ira b ility o f givin g B.A.L. to ch ildre n w i t h l e a d e n c e p h a lo p a t h y . My p a r t i n th e d i s c u s s i o n s w&ne l i m i t e d t o m e n tio n in g th a t I had tr e a te d two p a tie n ts w ith B . A .L . , th a t th e y had re co ve re d and th a t i t was yo ur o p in io n th a t th e ir re co ve ry was n o t s p e c i f i c a l l y due to B .A.L. ( ?in s p ite o f ) * I am s o r r y t h a t I l e f t t h e Com pany b u t t h i s w as f o r c e d upo n me w he n I t o o k up a f u l l - t i m e a p p o in tm e n t a s D i r e c t o r o f t h e C l i n i c a l R e s e a r c h U n it a t t h i s H o s p i t a l * Our m ajo r i n t e r e s t now l i e s i n m e tabo lic and h e m ato lo gical d is o rd e rs ra th e r than in in d u s tr ia l m edicin e. I hope th a t when you have th e o p p o rtu n ity to v i s i t u s I can have th e o p p o rtu n ity to show you som ething o f our p a rt o f th e w o rld . I a p o lo gis e fo r cau sin g you em barrassm ent and assu re you th a t in te n d e d to w r ite to e x p la in th a t circu m s ta n ce s d id n o t p e rm it me to come t o C i n c i n n a t i . I f l e w d i r e c t fro m Hew Yo rk t o S yd n e y w i t h no s to p lo n ge r than 2 hours in th e S ta te s . I My b e s t w i s h e s , 0013310