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COPY July 23, 1951 Randolph K. Byers, M. D. Longwood Medical Building 319 Longwood Avenue Boston 15, Massachusetts Dear Dr. Byers: Reference: -Lt> uoraon .venue Hyde Park, Massachusetts Father: visit was made to the home of interviewed. , and Mrs was ____ It appears that approximately one year ago, at the age of one, little P P P began to chew on furniture about the house. Her favorite objects were her crib, a leg of the kitchen table and the legs of the dining-room chair. For the past few months, she had been eating plaster taken from a hole in the living-room wall. During the past four weeks, she was re- peatedly found eating old paint flakes which had peeled off a painted brick wall on the porch. H r s i n f o r m e d me she had brought into the Children's Hospital a leg from the kitchen table and a leg from the dining-room chair for lead analysis of the painted surface. The crib# 0 ^ had chewed on was rela tively new and not painted. The wood had beenstained and then varnished. I have forwarded to Miss Taylor at the Children's Hospital samples of the plaster and of the paint on the porch wall. Because of my own interest in the porphyrias, I asked a few questions in this vein. The only thing Mrs could add was t h a t d i s l i k e d the sun and when placed in the sunlight would always go to a shaded area and remalithere. There did not appear to be any history of pink discolor ation of the teeth or nails or skin lesions . Mrs. not give any information regarding the color of u r nQf " When you have the time, I would appreciate learning whether any porphyrin studies were carried out during illness or on the post mortem tissues. Sincerely yours, CCM:BL CC: Mr. Bowditch Clarence C. Maloof, M. D.