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/ IN T C R *O F F IC C CORRESPONDENCE Et h y l Ga s o l i n e Co r po r a t i o n K a n s a s Ci t y Of f i c e 1917 Bu c h a n a n S t r e e t N o r t h K a n s a s Ci t y ,Mo August 11, 1937 D r. R. A. Kehoe K e tte rin g L aboratory of A pplied Physiology U n iv ersity o f C incinnati C in c in n a ti, Ohio D ear Dr. Kehoe; As a r e s u l t o f y o u r l e t t e r o f J u ly 2 9 th c o n c e rn in g th e c a se o f M r. Howard S o le s , em ployee o f th e N a tio n a l R e fin in g Company, C o f f s y v ille , K an sas, I c a lle d Mr. H. B. S e t z l e r , r e f in e r y su perintendent a t th a t p o in t, and requested th a t he f u r n is h u s w ith more d e ta ile d in fo rm a tio n . H is r e p o r t h a s now b een r e c e iv e d , copy o f w hich i s attach ed . As p re v io u s ly a d v is e d , we s h a ll do n o th in g ab o u t th e m a tte r u n le s s requested- by you. B /a c c - Mr. enc. 0021767 . R. B .. . L. N*. A. L f ; Jf.M. B. F. J A. N - A R - C O M O T O R O IL EN-AR-CO GEAR LUBRICANT N A T IO N AL LIGHT KEROSENE WHITE ROSE GASOLINE WHITE ROSE ETH YL ROYAL G A S O LIN E Th e Na t i o n a l Re f i n i n g Co mp a n y ^rrA >o-~v/^r A A /a / r s o o v e r s COFFEYV1LLE, KANSAS A ugust 5 , 1S37 AL/G 6 7937 H r. H. H. Berg E th y l G asoline C orporation 1917 Buchanan S tre e t N orth Kansas C ity , M issouri Dear S ir: P le a se n o te th e m em orandur^rom Mr. J . B. G il lam , A s s is ta n t S uperintendent, regarding th e c a s e . T h is memorandum I b eliev e, is self-ex p lan ato ry . " 1 t a l k e d t h i s m o rn in g w i t h D r. C. H. F o r t n e r i n h i s o f f i c e . The o p e n in g o f t h i s c a s e w i t h D o c to rs F o r tn e r and C ra ig v,'as a c a l l f r o m ^ j B j ^ t o D r. F o r t n e r , w h o , b e in g u n a b le to a tte n d , tu rn e d i t over to Dr. C raig , re p o rte d hemmorage w ith v o m itin g and b ein g i n c o n s id e r a b le p a in . D r. C raig d id not c a ll but p re sc rib e d over th e phone w ith in stru c tio h s fo r to c a ll next day a t his o ffice. The t e n t a t i v e d ia g n o s is in d ic a te d a d is tu rb a n c e i n th e stom ach or a lim e n ta ry t r a c t - th e hemmorage d e f i n i t e l y n o t coming fro m th e lu n g s and co u p led v rith th e v o m itin g , p a in , e t c . So an X ray w as ta k e n and i t showed a d e f i n i t e d a rk s p o t on th e sto m a c h . An o p e r a tio n w as th o u g h t th e ad v isab le and p ro g ressiv e th in g to do. However, t h i s co u rse was n o t ta k e n o r p e rm itte d b u t s t i l l Soles req u ired r e l i e f and n a tu ra L L v d iff e re n t p o ssib le c o u rs e s w ere c o n s id e r e d . When ^ U ^ i n f o r m e d D r. F o r tn e r t h a t w h ile h is r e g u la r w ork d id n o t b rin g him in c o n ta c t w ith lead or lead fum es, y e t a t tim es, he d id go over ''th e re " or was shunted "over th e re " and th a t th e fum es w ere " p re tty stro n g " . D r. F o rtn e r th o u g h t a co u rse of sh o ts m ight prove b e n e f ic ia l. KH" 0 0 2 1 7 6 8 S th y l G asoline C orporation 2. His tre a tm e n t c o n s is te d of fo u r sh o ts o f Sodium Theosu lp h a te in tra v e n o u s ly g iv en and im provem ent fo llo w e d , s ta te d to D r. F o rtn er th a t a f te r each sh o t, he f e l t d e fin ite ly im proved - and ( l a t e r ) he was r e le a s e d f o r w ork, commencing Monday A ugust 2 , 1937. Dr. F o rtn e r sa id he did n o t diagnose th is as lead poisoning but thought a fte r 4 ^ ^ |^ p ta te m e n t about the lead fum es, i t was thought such a tre a tm e n t m ig h t.g iv e r e l i e f and, to o - i t w ould leav e w ith th e thought th ey w ere c o n stru c tiv e ly try in g to h e lp r a th e r th a n to fo rc e an unw anted o p e ra tio n and as r e l i e f and im provem ent fo llo w e d , no o th e r c o u rse was ta k e n . The above tr e a tm e n t i s n o t m e re ly f o r le a d - i t i s g iv e n f o r any form of m e ta llic a b so rp tio n . Dr. F o rtn e r b e lie v e s has an u lcero u s co n d itio n - i f no t r e a l l y t e n d i n g t o c a r c in o m a , p o s s i b l y e v e n t o m a lig n a n c y . He t h i n k s - a n e x p l o r a t o r y o p e r a t i o n a d v i s a b l e a n d d e t a i l e d t o me som ew hat t h e p r o c e d u r e t h a t m ig h t be n e c e s s a r y . He b e l i e v e s S o les' con d itio n is serio u s even i f tem p o rarily re lie v e d ." May I h av e y o u r r e a c t i o n t o t h i s memorandum? Yours v ery tr u ly THE NATIONAL REFINING COMPANY H3S LZ K 0021769 i l . P~ R H. L- N. H. A- t i \ I7- J- c.M .r. K . F . -T B. A. E N - A R - C O M O T O R O IL EN -AR -C O G EAR LUBRICANT N A T IO N A L LIGHT K E RO S E NE WHITE ROSE GASOLINE WHITE ROSE ETHYL ROYAL GASOLIN E Th e Na t i o n a l Re f i n i n g Co mp a n y JO -r j ? O Z . 'U A f A A f / T S //? O>L / C T S C O F F E Y V ILLE , K A N S A S A ugust 2 , 1937 3 1937 S tty T G asoline C orporation 1917 Buchanan S tre e t N orth.K ansas C ity , M isso u ri G entlem en: T h is r e f e r s t o ex ch an g e o f te le g ra m s r e g a r d in g Mr. who has c h a rg e o f pumping c a sin g h e a d g a s o lin e a t 5ur o a d in g r a c k , and who becam e i l l J u ly 1 . D r. F o r tn e r made a d ia g n o s is of t i o n and t o ld him he th o u g h t h is i l l n e s s w as due t o ta in e d in the g aso lin e. c o n d iad eon- Yie h a v e h ad n o r e p o r t f rom y o u a s t o w h a t y o u a r e g o in g t o d o . We t h i n k ought t o be exam ined by your p h y s ic ia n to f in d o u t w here we s ta n d i n t h i s m a tte r . May we h e a r fro m yo u ? Yours v e ry tr u ly THE NATIONAL REFINING COMPANY KE 0021770