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May 1 1 , 1 9 3 7 la p * W . A t Lo v e ll Le gal l i d So cie ty 312 v/ est IJInth Stre e t Cin c in n a ti, Ohio Lear Mr* Le ve l It la d t o have an opportunity to se e Mr, 9 la s t week although I aat somewhat d ist r e sse d a t h is s it u a t io n . Despite my wish t o give him the b e n e fit of every doubt, I am q u it e unable to convince m yself that h is present d is a b ilit y is importantly r ela ted to Ms illn e s s of 3cme years ago. His pr esent con d ition is s u b s t a n t ia lly as It was when I examined him la s t in 193^* He has the ` same p a llo r , somewhat more anemia than, when I saw him la s t , and the same cir cu la t o r y embarrassment although ther e has app ar en tly been some degree of symptomatic improvement, I have never been able to fin d any evidence of r esid u a l lead in t o xica t io n , and my i n i t i a l judgment that h is d is a b ilit y might w ell be due to lead in t o xica t io n was baaed on h is h is t o r y o f employment and Illn e s s r ath er than any s p e cific evidences of lead p oison in g. In as much as he has had ample time to elim in at e any abnormal qu an ti t ie s of lead which he may have absor bed, i t is s ca r ce ly fe a s ib le to a t t r ib u t e h is pr esent anemia to the presence in h is body of abnormal q u a n t it ie s o f le a d . The e s s e n t ia lly s t a t ic char acter of hi3 p h ysical con d ition speaks ve r y, st r on gly a ga in st lead as a ca u se, and lead s me to fe e l that my i n it ia l Judgment was probably In co r r e ct , With t h is p oin t o f view , I can s ca r ce ly br in g m yself to vigor ou sly support a claim o f d is a b ilit y due to lead absor ption sin ce in my exper ience lead casek do not behave in t h is manner. Indeed I question ver y much I f t h is man would be in h is pr esent p h ysica l con d ition i f he had had adequate food dur ing the p ast se ve r a l ye a r s , 1 r e a liz e how d i ffic u lt i t is to t e l l a man in h is p osition what he should do in order to r ecover , sin ce in my opinion what he should do is e n t ir e ly beyond h is r ea ch , I should be w illin g to give him any m edical car e of which I am capable but I t seems to me t h a t what he needs is not medical car e but good fo o d , sunshine and freedom from hie pr esent d ep lor able economlo s t a t e . I f I knew o f any way In which t h is could be obtained fo r him, 1 should be very HE 0016609 Hr. y. A. Lo ve ll happy to do anything I could d o. I f you have any su gge st ion s, I should he very pleased to r e ce ive them sin ce every tisie I have seen t h is man, I have been made unhappy ana depressed by the h u m ility and r e a lis a t io n with which he accep ts h is unfor tunate l o t . .. . : Very t r u ly you r s, RA5*ia Rober t1A. 'Keh'oeT^'*^ 0016610